diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 02bba0a34..b5e4b7e44 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ automake --add-missing
 flex -t libguile/c-tokenize.lex > libguile/c-tokenize.c
 
 ( echo "guile-readline..."; cd guile-readline; ./autogen.sh )
+
+echo "Now run configure and make."
+echo "You must pass the `--enable-maintainer-mode' option to configure."