diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec83ab45d54daec20d0e934a51fa7489498a7d45..ff3536e086353eacfa50ff0f8c1ec3df07122e52 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ add_subdirectory(doc)
 #######################################################################
 
 ############################################
-MESSAGE(STATUS "Simox: Generating CMake files")
+MESSAGE (STATUS "\n ***** Simox: Generating CMake files for build and install setup")
 
 set(SIMOX_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(SIMOX_MINOR_VERSION 1)
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set(SIMOX_PATCH_VERSION 2)
 set(SIMOX_VERSION
     ${SIMOX_MAJOR_VERSION}.${SIMOX_MINOR_VERSION}.${SIMOX_PATCH_VERSION})
 
+MESSAGE (STATUS " ** Simox version: ${SIMOX_VERSION}")
+
 set(SIMOX_LIBRARIES VirtualRobot Saba GraspStudio)
 set(SIMOX_EXECUTABLES "")
 
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 8709d98e74ed16d216caaa33be5f441f7bd31094..1825c5a87c5634f51e3988de7cdca137cefa5354 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 find_package(Doxygen)
 
 IF(DOXYGEN_FOUND) 
-    MESSAGE (STATUS " * Generating doxygen documetation")
+    MESSAGE (STATUS "\n **** Setting up doxygen documetation")
     # set all paths
     SET (CMAKE_DOXYGEN_INPUT_LIST "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.."
                          "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../GraspPlanning"