diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index b2b6366bba5163628d7d4e4617921dda5d442d0f..83966e94cc32308579b7b6f041c4299fad94fbd5 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -187,8 +187,11 @@ quiet_cmd_fig2png = FIG2PNG $@
 
 ###
 # Rule to convert a .c file to inline XML documentation
+       gen_xml = :
+ quiet_gen_xml = echo '  GEN     $@'
+silent_gen_xml = :
 %.xml: %.c
-	@echo '  GEN     $@'
+	@$($(quiet)gen_xml)
 	@(                            \
 	   echo "<programlisting>";   \
 	   expand --tabs=8 < $< |     \
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 32e8c5a227c3a28bab34514da98e1491d057bef4..fa1a7d565903075ef39d12ba69ecf580b3c37de9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext $(obj)/gconf.glade.h
 	    --output $(obj)/config.pot
 	$(Q)sed -i s/CHARSET/UTF-8/ $(obj)/config.pot
 	$(Q)ln -fs Kconfig.i386 arch/um/Kconfig.arch
-	$(Q)(for i in `ls arch/`;                        \
+	$(Q)(for i in `ls arch/*/Kconfig`;               \
 	    do                                           \
 		echo "  GEN $$i";                        \
-		$(obj)/kxgettext arch/$$i/Kconfig        \
+		$(obj)/kxgettext $$i                     \
 		     >> $(obj)/config.pot;               \
 	    done )
 	$(Q)msguniq --sort-by-file --to-code=UTF-8 $(obj)/config.pot \