diff --git a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/Makefile_t b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/Makefile_t
index 3af40947c..7b656dff0 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/Makefile_t
+++ b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/Makefile_t
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ help:
 	@echo "  applehelp   to make an Apple Help Book"
 	@echo "  devhelp     to make HTML files and a Devhelp project"
 	@echo "  epub        to make an epub"
-	@echo "  latex       to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
-	@echo "  latexpdf    to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex"
+	@echo "  latex       to make LaTeX files (you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter)"
+	@echo "  latexpdf    to make LaTeX files and then PDFs out of them"
 	@echo "  latexpdfja  to make LaTeX files and run them through platex/dvipdfmx"
 	@echo "  lualatexpdf to make LaTeX files and run them through lualatex"
 	@echo "  xelatexpdf  to make LaTeX files and run them through xelatex"
diff --git a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/make.bat_t b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/make.bat_t
index c162da36d..004f1f912 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/make.bat_t
+++ b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/make.bat_t
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ if "%1" == "help" (
 	echo.  qthelp     to make HTML files and a qthelp project
 	echo.  devhelp    to make HTML files and a Devhelp project
 	echo.  epub       to make an epub
-	echo.  latex      to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter
-	echo.  latexpdf   to make LaTeX files and run them through platex/dvipdfmx
+	echo.  latex      to make LaTeX files (you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter)
+	echo.  latexpdf   to make LaTeX files and then PDFs out of them
 	echo.  text       to make text files
 	echo.  man        to make manual pages
 	echo.  texinfo    to make Texinfo files