diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 8b4896024b..a00eebe085 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ echo "Building po/POTFILES.in..."
 make -s -f po/Rules-lyx srcdir=po top_srcdir=. po/POTFILES.in
 
 echo
-echo 'run "./configure ; make"'
+echo 'run "./configure && make"'
 echo