diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netboot.mak b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netboot.mak
index ee59a5f4de..046aa35587 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netboot.mak
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netboot.mak
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ NETLDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-Ttext=0x7800000
 $(NETOBJS): EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(LIBC_INC) $(LIBNET_INC)
 
 s390-netboot.elf: $(NETOBJS) libnet.a libc.a
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(NETLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^,"BUILD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(NETLDFLAGS) -o $@ $^,Linking)
 
 s390-netboot.img: s390-netboot.elf
-	$(call quiet-command,$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $< -o $@,"STRIP","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $< -o $@,Stripping $< into)
 
 # libc files:
 
@@ -23,30 +23,30 @@ LIBC_CFLAGS = $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LIBC_INC) $(LIBNET_INC) \
 
 CTYPE_OBJS = isdigit.o isxdigit.o toupper.o
 %.o : $(SLOF_DIR)/lib/libc/ctype/%.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,Compiling)
 
 STRING_OBJS = strcat.o strchr.o strrchr.o strcpy.o strlen.o strncpy.o \
 	      strcmp.o strncmp.o strcasecmp.o strncasecmp.o strstr.o \
 	      memset.o memcpy.o memmove.o memcmp.o
 %.o : $(SLOF_DIR)/lib/libc/string/%.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,Compiling)
 
 STDLIB_OBJS = atoi.o atol.o strtoul.o strtol.o rand.o malloc.o free.o
 %.o : $(SLOF_DIR)/lib/libc/stdlib/%.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,Compiling)
 
 STDIO_OBJS = sprintf.o snprintf.o vfprintf.o vsnprintf.o vsprintf.o fprintf.o \
 	     printf.o putc.o puts.o putchar.o stdchnls.o fileno.o
 %.o : $(SLOF_DIR)/lib/libc/stdio/%.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,Compiling)
 
 sbrk.o: $(SLOF_DIR)/slof/sbrk.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBC_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,Compiling)
 
 LIBCOBJS := $(STRING_OBJS) $(CTYPE_OBJS) $(STDLIB_OBJS) $(STDIO_OBJS) sbrk.o
 
 libc.a: $(LIBCOBJS)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(AR) -rc $@ $^,"AR","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(AR) -rc $@ $^,Creating static library)
 
 # libnet files:
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ LIBNETCFLAGS = $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LIBC_INC) $(LIBNET_INC) \
 	       -DDHCPARCH=0x1F -MMD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%.o=%.d)
 
 %.o : $(SLOF_DIR)/lib/libnet/%.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBNETCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LIBNETCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,Compiling)
 
 libnet.a: $(LIBNETOBJS)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(AR) -rc $@ $^,"AR","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(AR) -rc $@ $^,Creating static library)
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
index 965e633f43..10e8f5cb63 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ NULL :=
 SPACE := $(NULL) #
 TARGET_PREFIX := $(patsubst %/,%:$(SPACE),$(TARGET_DIR))
 
-quiet-@ = $(if $(V),,@)
-quiet-command = $(if $(V),$1,$(if $(2),@printf "  %-7s %s\n" $2 $3 && $1, @$1))
+quiet-@ = $(if $(V),,@$(if $1,printf "%s\n" "$(TARGET_PREFIX)$1" && ))
+quiet-command = $(call quiet-@,$2 $@)$1
 
 VPATH_SUFFIXES = %.c %.h %.S %.m %.mak %.sh %.rc Kconfig% %.json.in
 set-vpath = $(if $1,$(foreach PATTERN,$(VPATH_SUFFIXES),$(eval vpath $(PATTERN) $1)))
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ QEMU_DGFLAGS = -MMD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@D)/$(*F).d
 
 %.o: %.c
 	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \
-	       -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	       -c -o $@ $<,Compiling)
 
 %.o: %.S
 	$(call quiet-command,$(CCAS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \
-	       -c -o $@ $<,"CCAS","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	       -c -o $@ $<,Assembling)
 
 .PHONY : all clean build-all distclean
 
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ LDFLAGS += -Wl,-pie -nostdlib
 build-all: s390-ccw.img s390-netboot.img
 
 s390-ccw.elf: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS),"BUILD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS),Linking)
 
 s390-ccw.img: s390-ccw.elf
-	$(call quiet-command,$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $< -o $@,"STRIP","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $< -o $@,Stripping $< into)
 
 $(OBJECTS): Makefile
 
