diff --git a/GNUmakefile.in b/GNUmakefile.in
index 0ef3147738..2352fc1171 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -10,15 +10,10 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
 $(call recurse,all install,src config)
 
-all:
-	+@echo "All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install."
-
 docs:
 	$(MAKE) -C doc all
 
 $(call recurse,world,doc src config contrib,all)
-world:
-	+@echo "PostgreSQL, contrib, and documentation successfully made. Ready to install."
 
 # build src/ before contrib/
 world-contrib-recurse: world-src-recurse
@@ -31,15 +26,10 @@ world-bin-contrib-recurse: world-bin-src-recurse
 html man:
 	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
 
-install:
-	+@echo "PostgreSQL installation complete."
-
 install-docs:
 	$(MAKE) -C doc install
 
 $(call recurse,install-world,doc src config contrib,install)
-install-world:
-	+@echo "PostgreSQL, contrib, and documentation installation complete."
 
 # build src/ before contrib/
 install-world-contrib-recurse: install-world-src-recurse
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 9968f2a61c..05b77ec8e6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -457,10 +457,7 @@ su - postgres
 </screen>
     (Remember to use <acronym>GNU</acronym> <application>make</application>.)
     The build will take a few minutes depending on your
-    hardware. The last line displayed should be:
-<screen>
-All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install.
-</screen>
+    hardware.
    </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -469,10 +466,6 @@ All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install.
    (<filename>contrib</filename>), type instead:
 <screen>
 <userinput>make world</userinput>
-</screen>
-   The last line displayed should be:
-<screen>
-PostgreSQL, contrib, and documentation successfully made. Ready to install.
 </screen>
   </para>
 
@@ -565,6 +558,7 @@ build-postgresql:
     If you built the world without the documentation above, type instead:
 <screen>
 <userinput>make install-world-bin</userinput>
+</screen>
    </para>
 
    <para>