diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index 10deec6f07..42da98dd48 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -708,9 +708,11 @@ update: generate errors ordinals
 generate: generate_apps generate_crypto_bn generate_crypto_objects \
           generate_crypto_conf generate_crypto_asn1 generate_fuzz_oids
 
+.PHONY: doc-nits
 doc-nits:
 	(cd $(SRCDIR); $(PERL) util/find-doc-nits -n -p ) >doc-nits
-	if [ -s doc-nits ] ; then cat doc-nits; rm doc-nits ; exit 1; fi
+	@if [ -s doc-nits ] ; then cat doc-nits ; exit 1; \
+	else echo 'doc-nits: no errors.'; rm doc-nits ; fi
 
 # Test coverage is a good idea for the future
 #coverage: $(PROGRAMS) $(TESTPROGRAMS)