diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 0077fb0e37a1ef6f846e73f8d44e563744b5413a..daebeb2479ffb86bc17fdbb296c0a69001edd7bd 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-06-11  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* gcc_build: Output information about the commands used to 
+	configure the compiler.
+
 2001-06-07  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
 
 	* gennews: Update for GCC 3.0.
diff --git a/contrib/gcc_build b/contrib/gcc_build
index 7e33982e8222c21ea28ec7590629292c59028252..4d0eea30b6b1a5f0d17df09330760404098781d1 100755
--- a/contrib/gcc_build
+++ b/contrib/gcc_build
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ configure_gcc() {
     changedir ${OBJDIR}
 
     # Configure the tree.
+    echo "Configuring: ${DESTINATION}/configure ${CONFIGURE_OPTIONS}"
     eval ${DESTINATION}/configure ${CONFIGURE_OPTIONS} || \
 	error "Could not configure the compiler"
 }
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ bootstrap_gcc() {
     changedir ${OBJDIR}
 
     # Bootstrap the compiler
+    echo "Building: ${MAKE} ${MAKE_BOOTSTRAP_OPTIONS} bootstrap"
     eval ${MAKE} ${MAKE_BOOTSTRAP_OPTIONS} bootstrap || \
 	error "Could not bootstrap the compiler"
 }