diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eef67167..80d1c1a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,21 +108,20 @@ endif ()
 if (NOT USE_INTREE_LIBQMC)
     find_package(${QUOTIENT} 0.8 REQUIRED)
     if (NOT ${QUOTIENT}_FOUND)
-        message( WARNING "libQuotient not found; configuration will most likely fail.")
-        message( WARNING "Make sure you have installed libQuotient development files")
-        message( WARNING "as a package or checked out the library sources in lib/.")
-        message( WARNING "See also BUILDING.md")
+        message(WARNING "libQuotient not found; configuration will most likely fail.")
+        message(WARNING "Make sure you have installed libQuotient development files")
+        message(WARNING "as a package or checked out the library sources in lib/.")
+        message(WARNING "See also BUILDING.md")
     endif ()
 endif ()
 
-message( STATUS )
-message( STATUS "=============================================================================" )
-message( STATUS "                     Quaternion ${quaternion_VERSION} Build Information" )
-message( STATUS "=============================================================================" )
+message(STATUS)
+message(STATUS "== Quaternion ${quaternion_VERSION} configuration summary ==")
+message(STATUS)
 if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-    message( STATUS "Build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+    message(STATUS "Build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 endif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-message( STATUS "Quaternion install prefix: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" )
+message(STATUS "Quaternion install prefix: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 # Get Git info if possible
 find_package(Git)
 if(GIT_FOUND)
@@ -131,25 +130,24 @@ if(GIT_FOUND)
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_SHA1
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    message( STATUS "Git SHA1: ${GIT_SHA1}")
+    message(STATUS "Git SHA1: ${GIT_SHA1}")
 endif()
-message( STATUS "Using compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}" )
-message( STATUS "Using Qt ${${Qt}_VERSION} at ${${Qt}_Prefix}" )
+message(STATUS "Using compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "Using Qt ${${Qt}_VERSION} at ${${Qt}_Prefix}")
 if (USE_INTREE_LIBQMC)
-    message( STATUS "Using in-tree libQuotient")
+    message(STATUS "Using in-tree libQuotient")
     if (GIT_FOUND)
         execute_process(COMMAND
             "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" rev-parse -q HEAD
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib
             OUTPUT_VARIABLE LIB_GIT_SHA1
             OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-        message( STATUS "  Library git SHA1: ${LIB_GIT_SHA1}")
+        message(STATUS "  Library git SHA1: ${LIB_GIT_SHA1}")
     endif (GIT_FOUND)
 else ()
-    message( STATUS "Using libQuotient ${${QUOTIENT}_VERSION} at ${${QUOTIENT}_DIR}")
+    message(STATUS "Using libQuotient ${${QUOTIENT}_VERSION} at ${${QUOTIENT}_DIR}")
 endif ()
-message( STATUS "=============================================================================" )
-message( STATUS )
+message(STATUS)
 
 # Set up source files
 set(quaternion_SRCS
@@ -288,9 +286,9 @@ if(WIN32)
             RESULT_VARIABLE WDQ_RETVAL
         )
         if (WDQ_RETVAL)
-            message( \"windeployqt returned \${WDQ_RETVAL} - check messages above\")
+            message(WARNING \"windeployqt returned \${WDQ_RETVAL} - check messages above\")
         else()
-            message( STATUS \"Quaternion and its dependencies have been deployed to \${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}.\")
+            message(STATUS \"Quaternion and its dependencies have been deployed to \${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}.\")
         endif()
     ")
     install(FILES ${quaternion_QM}