diff --git a/Shorewall/compiler b/Shorewall/compiler
index 06f9268c9..bb84e2457 100755
--- a/Shorewall/compiler
+++ b/Shorewall/compiler
@@ -8662,7 +8662,7 @@ __EOF__
 	INDENT=
 	cat $(find_file prog.header${DISTRIBUTION}) $OUTPUT $(find_file prog.footer${DISTRIBUTION}) > $outfile
 	chmod 700 $outfile
-	progress_message2 "Shorewall configuration compiled to $outfile"
+	progress_message3 "Shorewall configuration compiled to $outfile"
 	rm -f $OUTPUT
     fi
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 1db511ccc..eea984f34 100755
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ file>
     shorewall.conf. If you don't set it (as would be the case of you use your
     old shorewall.conf file) then VERBOSITY defaults to a value of 2 which is
     the old default. A value of 1 suppresses some of the output (like the old
-    -q option did) while a value of 0 makes Shorewall almost silent.
+    -q option did) while a value of 0 makes Shorewall almost silent. A value
+    of -1 suppresses all output except warning and error messages.
 
     The value specified in the 3.2 shorewall.conf is 1. So you can make
     Shorewall as verbose as previously using a single -v and you can make it
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ file>
     to VERBOSITY.
 
     The "shorewall show log", "shorewall logwatch" and "shorewall dump"
-    commands require VERBOSE to be greater than or equal to 3 to display MAC
+    commands require VERBOSITY to be greater than or equal to 3 to display MAC
     addresses.This is consistent with the previous implementation which
     required a single -v to enable MAC display but means that if you set
     VERBOSITY=0 in shorewall.conf, then you will need to include -vvv in
diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall b/Shorewall/shorewall
index 51b2d3563..213971b98 100755
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall
@@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ compile_command() {
 
     export EXPORT
 
+    progress_message3 "Compiling..."
+
     exec $SHOREWALL_SHELL /usr/share/shorewall/compiler $debugging compile $file
 }
 #
@@ -739,6 +741,8 @@ check_command() {
 
     export NOROUTES
 
+    progress_message3 "Checking..."
+
     exec $SHOREWALL_SHELL /usr/share/shorewall/compiler $debugging $nolock check
 }
 
@@ -1133,6 +1137,8 @@ safe_commands() {
 	command="restart"
     fi
 
+    progress_message3 "Compiling..."
+
     if ! $SHOREWALL_SHELL /usr/share/shorewall/compiler $debugging nolock compile /var/lib/shorewall/.$command; then
 	status=$?
 	mutex_off
@@ -1144,6 +1150,15 @@ safe_commands() {
 
     save_config
 
+    case $command in
+	start)
+	    progress_message3 "Starting..."
+	    ;;
+	restart)
+	    progress_message3 "Restarting..."
+	    ;;
+    esac
+
     /var/lib/shorewall/.$command $command
 
     echo -n "Do you want to accept the new firewall configuration? [y/n] "
@@ -1227,7 +1242,7 @@ restore_command() {
 	    ${RESTOREPATH}-ipsets
 	fi
 
-	echo Restoring Shorewall...
+	progress_message3 "Restoring Shorewall..."
 	$RESTOREPATH restore && echo "Shorewall restored from /var/lib/shorewall/$RESTOREFILE"
 	[ -n "$nolock" ] || mutex_off
     else