diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindQuadmath.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindQuadmath.cmake
index 61636ca3d..37b07b95f 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindQuadmath.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindQuadmath.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main(void){
 endif()
 
 if (USE_QUADMATH AND NOT QUADMATH_FOUND)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Quadruple precision math support was explicitly requested but is unavailable!")
+  message(STATUS "Quadruple precision math support is unavailable! Skipping it.")
 endif()
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
index 77c0202a3..172ec5d4c 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
 # quadmath must be explicitly enabled
 # This needs to be in OpmInit as prereqs is called before OpmLibMain is included.
-option (USE_QUADMATH "Use high precision floating point library (slow)" ON)
+option (USE_QUADMATH "Search for high precision floating point library (normally not used)" ON)
 if (NOT USE_QUADMATH)
   set (CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_QuadMath TRUE)
 endif ()