diff --git a/db/EmulabFeatures.pm.in b/db/EmulabFeatures.pm.in
index fd63a304b88ef55d15efa9c243d4c6f37e7ff665..b1113cc56916396cefded2436377a85a7a1e3f41 100644
--- a/db/EmulabFeatures.pm.in
+++ b/db/EmulabFeatures.pm.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -wT
 #
 # EMULAB-COPYRIGHT
-# Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2011 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 package EmulabFeatures;
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ sub FeatureEnabled($$$$)
 {
     my ($class, $featurename, $user, $group, $experiment) = @_;
 
-    print STDERR "Checking for feature $featurename.\n";
+    print STDERR "Checking for feature $featurename.\n"
+	if ($verbose);
 
     #
     # See if feature is globally disabled;