diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index ca6cb77..fc15020 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@
   print_install =
 else
   Q = @
-  print_compile =		echo '  CC                 '$(OBJ);
-  print_app_build =		echo '  BUILD              '$(OBJ);
-  print_fpic_compile =		echo '  CC FPIC            '$(OBJ);
-  print_shared_lib_compile =	echo '  BUILD SHARED LIB   '$(OBJ);
-  print_plugin_obj_compile =	echo '  CC PLUGIN OBJ      '$(OBJ);
-  print_plugin_build =		echo '  CC PLUGI           '$(OBJ);
-  print_static_lib_build =	echo '  BUILD STATIC LIB   '$(OBJ);
-  print_install =		echo '  INSTALL     '$1'	to	$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2';
+  print_compile =		echo '  CC       '$(OBJ);
+  print_app_build =		echo '  BUILD    '$(OBJ);
+  print_fpic_compile =		echo '  CC FPIC  '$(OBJ);
+  print_shared_lib_compile =	echo '  BUILD    SHARED LIB '$(OBJ);
+  print_plugin_obj_compile =	echo '  BUILD    PLUGIN OBJ '$(OBJ);
+  print_plugin_build =		echo '  BUILD    PLUGIN     '$(OBJ);
+  print_static_lib_build =	echo '  BUILD    STATIC LIB '$(OBJ);
+  print_install =		echo '  INSTALL  '$1'	to	$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2';
 endif
 
 do_fpic_compile =					\
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS: force
 	@FLAGS='$(TRACK_CFLAGS)'; \
 	    if test x"$$FLAGS" != x"`cat TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`" ; then \
-		echo 1>&2 "    * new build flags or cross compiler"; \
+		echo 1>&2 "  FLAGS:   * new build flags or cross compiler"; \
 		echo "$$FLAGS" >TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS; \
             fi
 
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
 
diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
index 1853736..ee76544 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
@@ -59,21 +59,22 @@
 QUIET_SUBDIR1  =
 
 ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s)
-ifneq ($(V),1)
-	QUIET_CC       = @echo '   ' CC $@;
-	QUIET_AR       = @echo '   ' AR $@;
-	QUIET_LINK     = @echo '   ' LINK $@;
-	QUIET_MKDIR    = @echo '   ' MKDIR $@;
-	QUIET_GEN      = @echo '   ' GEN $@;
+  ifneq ($(V),1)
+	QUIET_CC       = @echo '  CC       '$@;
+	QUIET_AR       = @echo '  AR       '$@;
+	QUIET_LINK     = @echo '  LINK     '$@;
+	QUIET_MKDIR    = @echo '  MKDIR    '$@;
+	QUIET_GEN      = @echo '  GEN      '$@;
 	QUIET_SUBDIR0  = +@subdir=
-	QUIET_SUBDIR1  = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo '  ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \
+	QUIET_SUBDIR1  = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) \
+			  echo '  SUBDIR   '$$subdir; \
 			 $(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir
-	QUIET_FLEX     = @echo '   ' FLEX $@;
-	QUIET_BISON    = @echo '   ' BISON $@;
+	QUIET_FLEX     = @echo '  FLEX     '$@;
+	QUIET_BISON    = @echo '  BISON    '$@;
 
 	descend = \
-		+@echo '   ' DESCEND $(1); \
+		+@echo	       '  DESCEND  '$(1); \
 		mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)$(1) && \
 		$(MAKE) $(COMMAND_O) subdir=$(if $(subdir),$(subdir)/$(1),$(1)) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $(1) $(2)
-endif
+  endif
 endif