diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
index be5adb1..c4c300c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -145,16 +145,17 @@
 
 ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s)
 ifneq ($(V),1)
-	QUIET_ASCIIDOC	= @echo '   ' ASCIIDOC $@;
-	QUIET_XMLTO	= @echo '   ' XMLTO $@;
-	QUIET_DB2TEXI	= @echo '   ' DB2TEXI $@;
-	QUIET_MAKEINFO	= @echo '   ' MAKEINFO $@;
-	QUIET_DBLATEX	= @echo '   ' DBLATEX $@;
-	QUIET_XSLTPROC	= @echo '   ' XSLTPROC $@;
-	QUIET_GEN	= @echo '   ' GEN $@;
+	QUIET_ASCIIDOC	= @echo '  ASCIIDOC '$@;
+	QUIET_XMLTO	= @echo '  XMLTO    '$@;
+	QUIET_DB2TEXI	= @echo '  DB2TEXI  '$@;
+	QUIET_MAKEINFO	= @echo '  MAKEINFO '$@;
+	QUIET_DBLATEX	= @echo '  DBLATEX  '$@;
+	QUIET_XSLTPROC	= @echo '  XSLTPROC '$@;
+	QUIET_GEN	= @echo '  GEN      '$@;
 	QUIET_STDERR	= 2> /dev/null
 	QUIET_SUBDIR0	= +@subdir=
-	QUIET_SUBDIR1	= ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo '   ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \
+	QUIET_SUBDIR1	= ;$(NO_SUBDIR) \
+			   echo '  SUBDIR   ' $$subdir; \
 			  $(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir
 	export V
 endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 9580ebe..5aa3d04 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 endif
 
 define print_msg
-  @printf '    BUILD: Doing '\''make \033[33m-j'$(JOBS)'\033[m'\'' parallel build\n'
+  @printf '  BUILD:   Doing '\''make \033[33m-j'$(JOBS)'\033[m'\'' parallel build\n'
 endef
 
 define make
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 250b276..f91bd5a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@
 $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS: .FORCE-PERF-CFLAGS
 	@FLAGS='$(TRACK_CFLAGS)'; \
 	    if test x"$$FLAGS" != x"`cat $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`" ; then \
-		echo 1>&2 "    * new build flags or prefix"; \
+		echo 1>&2 "  FLAGS:   * new build flags or prefix"; \
 		echo "$$FLAGS" >$(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS; \
             fi