diff --git a/regen.sh b/regen.sh
index bc059256c3..75c51ff686 100755
--- a/regen.sh
+++ b/regen.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ autoheader
 
 # Rebuild the man pages, to not require those building from source to have
 # pod2man available.
-echo "Building man pages"
 if test -d doc/man-pages ; then
+    echo "Building man pages"
     (cd doc/man-pages && ./generate-man)
 fi