diff --git a/utils/renamer.pl b/utils/renamer.pl
index 176eab9c5..fd6ce2a2b 100755
--- a/utils/renamer.pl
+++ b/utils/renamer.pl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ for my $to (keys %toRename) {
     $_ .= ".$defaultExtension" for $pfrom, $pto;
   }
   if(-e $pfrom) {
-    print "Renaming '$pfrom' to '$pto'\n";
+    print "Renaming '$pfrom' to '$pto'\n" if $verbose;
     system("cp", $pfrom, $pto);
     $did{$from} = 1;
     if (defined $license) {