diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4ac0a8f493998c7e2605fefb92c48f3fe3311f3f..f528a02cd39374a68f75cc105215268c6a132307 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,37 +5,49 @@ FIXFILES	= $(shell ls fix/*.xml)
 default: bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.html bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.html
 
 cache/2015_Guidelines_Beer.docx:
-	if [ ! -d cache ] ; then mkdir cache ; fi
-	curl -s https://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Beer.docx -o cache/2015_Guidelines_Beer.docx
+	@if [ ! -d cache ] ; then mkdir cache ; fi
+	@curl -s https://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Beer.docx -o cache/2015_Guidelines_Beer.docx
+	@echo "downloaded $@"
 
 cache/bjcp-2015-styleguide-word.xml: cache/2015_Guidelines_Beer.docx
-	unzip -p cache/2015_Guidelines_Beer.docx word/document.xml | xmllint --format - > cache/bjcp-2015-styleguide-word.xml
+	@unzip -p cache/2015_Guidelines_Beer.docx word/document.xml | xmllint --format - > cache/bjcp-2015-styleguide-word.xml
+	@echo "built $@"
 
 bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml: $(FIXFILES) cache/bjcp-2015-styleguide-word.xml xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-doc-to-xml.xsl xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-split.xsl
-	-xsltproc --output bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-doc-to-xml.xsl cache/bjcp-2015-styleguide-word.xml 2>&1 | grep -v "failed to load external entity"
-	if [ ! -d orig ] ; then mkdir orig ; fi
-	xsltproc xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-split.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
+	@-xsltproc --output bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-doc-to-xml.xsl cache/bjcp-2015-styleguide-word.xml 2>&1 | grep -v "failed to load external entity"
+	@echo "built $@"
+	@if [ ! -d orig ] ; then mkdir orig ; fi
+	@xsltproc xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-split.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
+	@echo "built orig/"
 
 bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml: de bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml $(DEFILES) xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-translate.xsl
-	-xsltproc --stringparam lang de --output bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-translate.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml 2>&1 | grep -v "failed to load external entity"
+	@-xsltproc --stringparam lang de --output bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-translate.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml 2>&1 | grep -v "failed to load external entity"
+	@echo "built $@"
 
 bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.html: xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
-	xsltproc xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml > bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.html
+	@xsltproc xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml > bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.html
+	@echo "built $@"
 
 bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.html: xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml
-	xsltproc xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml > bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.html
+	@xsltproc xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml > bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.html
+	@echo "built $@"
 
 format:
-	for f in de/*.xml ; do xmllint --format $$f | sed -e 's/ standalone="yes"//' > cache/tmp.xml ; cmp -s cache/tmp.xml $$f || cat cache/tmp.xml > $$f ; rm cache/tmp.xml ; done
+	@for f in de/*.xml ; do xmllint --format $$f | sed -e 's/ standalone="yes"//' > cache/tmp.xml ; cmp -s cache/tmp.xml $$f ; if [ $$? -ne 0 ] ; then cat cache/tmp.xml > $$f ; echo "reformatted $$f" ; fi ; rm cache/tmp.xml ; done
+
+status: bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
+	@-xsltproc --stringparam lang de xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-status.xsl bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml 2>&1 | grep -v "failed to load external entity"
+
 
 test: bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml
-	xmllint --noout bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
-	xmllint --noout bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml
+	@xmllint --noout bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
+	@xmllint --noout bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf cache orig
-	rm -f bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
-	rm -f bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml
-	rm -f bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.html
-	rm -f bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.html
+	@rm -rf cache orig
+	@rm -f bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
+	@rm -f bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml
+	@rm -f bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.html
+	@rm -f bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.html
+	@echo "cleanup done"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b65f06d2a18b46e68e3fd5749a6504d5975fb94..96db064dc46e817350f411516e97651aec6d2d3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ Besides all the contributors to the original BJCP document we would like to than
 - One further exception: You may add references (links) to other categories or subcategories as `<a idref="1">name</a>` or simply `<a idref="1A"/>`. In the first case you specify the visible link text (here "name"). In the second case the link text will be the `<name>` of the referenced category or subcategory.
 - All elements within category and subcategory files contain just one text block as a single paragraph. Do not try to add any formatting elements you may know from HTML.
 - To see the results of your translation work, you can re-run `make` at any time.
-- You may call `make format` to reformat the `de` files to consistent XML indentation. This will not change the formatting of resulting human-readable documents.
+- If some files in `de` are formatted inconsistently (we prefer two-blank-indents and just few line breaks and white space), you may call the following command. It just reformats the `de` files to consistent XML indentation. It will not change the formatting of resulting human-readable documents:
+  ```
+  make format
+  ```
+- If you want to see the status of already translated elements, you may run:
+  ```
+  make status
+  ```
 - Note: We aim for a real translation. Even if you are convinced that adding details or rephrasing sections would make sense, please don't do that! (Maybe, we should establish a way to take notes in such cases. Let's discuss this, if you feel a real need.)
 - Take care for a consistent wording of all subject matter specific terms throughout the whole styleguide.
 - To supply your work back upstream to the repository, ...[TBD]
@@ -88,7 +95,6 @@ See the LICENSE file. Note that this license relates only to the content of this
 - Add Acknowledgements to futher contributors?
 - Implement links.
 - Move to real public repo server und update text above.
-- "make status" to display potentially missing translation snippets.
 - Improved tags handling (links, grouped lists, translated meaning, ...)
 - Appendices
 - XML Schema Definition