@@ -54,14 +54,16 @@
 
 test "$doc_html" = "yes" && {
 	mkdir -p "$htmldest"
 	groff -Thtml -Kutf8 -m man "$fmt" > "$html"
+	test "$verbose" != "loud" ||
 	say "wrote html page for $stem to $html"
 }
 
 test "$doc_pdf" = "yes" && {
 	mkdir -p "$pdfdest"
 	groff -Tpdf  -Kutf8 -m man "$fmt" > "$pdf"
+	test "$verbose" != "loud" ||
 	say "wrote pdf for $stem to $pdf"
 }
 
 test "$doc_man" = "yes" && {
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
 	else
 		mv "$fmt" "$man"
 	fi
 
+	test "$verbose" != "loud" ||
 	say "wrote manpage for $stem to $man"
 }