diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b6a91922e2ab4e0339f249f89d11878d9cc7d483..f4ae3149947553b561d66f61b70b14f158def5ac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed Jun 25 16:21:12 CEST 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	quiet "make syntax-check"
+	* Makefile.maint (strftime-check): Add "@" prefix.
+	(po-check): Likewise.
+
 Wed Jun 25 13:40:25 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* python/types.c: patch from Ryan Scott to remove misplaced verbosity
diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index a593ae27376c2a07e06c8e4bd1b6fe1582737805..dff75feedb868af13943e1705d55500a70758560 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ patch-check:
 # which date accepts but GNU strftime does not.
 extract_char = sed 's/^[^%][^%]*%\(.\).*/\1/'
 strftime-check:
-	if test -f $(srcdir)/src/date.c; then				\
+	@if test -f $(srcdir)/src/date.c; then				\
 	  grep '^  %.  ' $(srcdir)/src/date.c | sort			\
 	    | $(extract_char) > $@-src;					\
 	  { echo N;							\
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ m4-check:
 # Verify that all source files using _() are listed in po/POTFILES.in.
 # FIXME: don't hard-code file names below; use a more general mechanism.
 po-check:
-	if test -f po/POTFILES.in; then					\
+	@if test -f po/POTFILES.in; then					\
 	  grep -E -v '^(#|$$)' po/POTFILES.in				\
 	    | grep -v '^src/false\.c$$' | sort > $@-1;			\
 	  files=;							\