diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index ba573fe7c74d..4dba0b8f1f02 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf
 
 # Create new linux.pot file
 # Adjust charset to UTF-8 in .po file to accept UTF-8 in Kconfig files
-# The symlink is used to repair a deficiency in arch/um
 update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext $(obj)/gconf.glade.h
-	$(Q)echo "  GEN config"
+	$(Q)echo "  GEN     config.pot"
 	$(Q)xgettext --default-domain=linux                         \
 	    --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_                 \
 	    --from-code=UTF-8                                       \
@@ -63,10 +62,11 @@ update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext $(obj)/gconf.glade.h
 	$(Q)ln -fs Kconfig.x86 arch/um/Kconfig
 	$(Q)(for i in `ls $(srctree)/arch/*/Kconfig`;    \
 	    do                                           \
-		echo "  GEN $$i";                        \
+		echo "  GEN     $$i";                    \
 		$(obj)/kxgettext $$i                     \
 		     >> $(obj)/config.pot;               \
 	    done )
+	$(Q)echo "  GEN     linux.pot"
 	$(Q)msguniq --sort-by-file --to-code=UTF-8 $(obj)/config.pot \
 	    --output $(obj)/linux.pot
 	$(Q)rm -f $(srctree)/arch/um/Kconfig