diff --git a/src/index.c b/src/index.c
index ba956420f0305828e8b2dd72579bfb3e1ca5a935..2bb57879eea32c585e0472012a76db073a6b6d1c 100644
--- a/src/index.c
+++ b/src/index.c
@@ -111,22 +111,10 @@ void init_index_mode(void)
 
 	if (!opt.limit_w && !opt.limit_h) {
 		if (bg_im) {
-			if (opt.verbose)
-				fputs(PACKAGE
-					" - No size restriction specified for index.\n"
-					" You did specify a background however, so the\n"
-					" index size has defaulted to the size of the image\n",
-					stdout);
 			opt.limit_w = bg_w;
 			opt.limit_h = bg_h;
-		} else {
-			if (opt.verbose)
-				fputs(PACKAGE
-					" - No size restriction specified for index.\n"
-					" Using defaults (width limited to 800)\n",
-					stdout);
+		} else
 			opt.limit_w = 800;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* Here we need to whiz through the files, and look at the filenames and
diff --git a/src/thumbnail.c b/src/thumbnail.c
index 4e32dfab9398f287b034831c8231d9bb1fd12b15..860308dbd57f9544b79968f948abff60c1170f48 100644
--- a/src/thumbnail.c
+++ b/src/thumbnail.c
@@ -510,22 +510,10 @@ void feh_thumbnail_calculate_geometry(void)
 
 	if (!opt.limit_w && !opt.limit_h) {
 		if (td.im_bg) {
-			if (opt.verbose)
-				fputs(PACKAGE
-					" - No size restriction specified for index.\n"
-					" You did specify a background however, so the\n"
-					" index size has defaulted to the size of the image\n",
-					stdout);
 			opt.limit_w = td.bg_w;
 			opt.limit_h = td.bg_h;
-		} else {
-			if (opt.verbose)
-				fputs(PACKAGE
-					" - No size restriction specified for index.\n"
-					" Using defaults (width limited to 800)\n",
-					stdout);
+		} else
 			opt.limit_w = 800;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* Here we need to whiz through the files, and look at the filenames and