diff --git a/eo/Makefile.am b/eo/Makefile.am
index 46c88256..28e429f5 100644
--- a/eo/Makefile.am
+++ b/eo/Makefile.am
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ EXTRA_DIST=LICENSE
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-lib:
+lib:	src/libeo.a src/utils/libeoutils.a
 	pushd src; $(MAKE) all; popd
 
 test:
 	pushd test; $(MAKE) all; popd
 
-doc:
-	pushd doc; $(MAKE) doc; popd
+# so that make doc always compiles the doc ...
+doc:    doc/eo.cfg
+	pushd doc; $(MAKE) doc; touch doc/eo.cfg; popd
 
 tutorial:
 	pushd tutorial; $(MAKE) all; popd
diff --git a/eo/autogen.sh b/eo/autogen.sh
index 1abf328e..58ad1681 100755
--- a/eo/autogen.sh
+++ b/eo/autogen.sh
@@ -51,4 +51,9 @@ done
 
 echo
 echo "Now type 'make' to compile $PROG."
-echo "And if you have Doxygen installed, type 'make doc' to generate EO documentation."
+echo "And if you have Doxygen installed, type 'make doc' to generate $PROG documentation."
+echo
+echo "WARNING: Compiling all test programs can take some time."
+echo "But you don't have to: you can simply type 'make src'"
+echo "and then go in your application dir (or in the tutorial dir)"
+echo "and there type 'make'"