diff --git a/m4/texinfo.m4 b/m4/texinfo.m4
index d7fecfec73b..53d9bb35103 100644
--- a/m4/texinfo.m4
+++ b/m4/texinfo.m4
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ dnl gl_SET_DOCLANGS
 AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_DOCLANGS],[dnl
 AC_REQUIRE([gl_TEXINFO_VERSION_COMPARE])
 AC_ARG_VAR([DOCLANGS],[languages for which manuals are compiled, languages supported: ]gl_DOCLANGS_FULL()[, list is space separated])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for DOCLANGS derivation from texinfo.tex/texindex versions])
 gl_GET_TEXINFO_TEX_VER()
 gl_GET_TEXINDEX_VER()
 gl_TEXINFO_VERSION_COMPARE([$texinfo_tex_ver],[gl_TEXINFO_TEX_MINVER()],[dnl
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ gl_TEXINFO_VERSION_COMPARE([$texinfo_tex_ver],[gl_TEXINFO_TEX_MINVER()],[dnl
   AC_MSG_NOTICE([texinfo.tex/texindex versions suggest that indexing is not locale dependant, setting DOCLANGS to ']gl_DOCLANGS_FULL()['])
   ])
 ])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([[']$DOCLANGS[']])
 AC_SUBST([DOCLANGS])
 ])
 dnl