diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index a2724a17075..7156e5381ed 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ dist:
 	# archive the A4 latex
 	-rm -r build/latex
 	make latex PAPER=a4
+	-sed -i 's/makeindex/makeindex -q/' build/latex/Makefile
 	(cd build/latex; make clean && make all-pdf && make FMT=pdf zip bz2)
 	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.zip dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-a4.zip
 	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.tar.bz2 dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ dist:
 	# archive the letter latex
 	rm -r build/latex
 	make latex PAPER=letter
+	-sed -i 's/makeindex/makeindex -q/' build/latex/Makefile
 	(cd build/latex; make clean && make all-pdf && make FMT=pdf zip bz2)
 	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.zip dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-letter.zip
 	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.tar.bz2 dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-letter.tar.bz2