diff --git a/recommends b/recommends
index 119a191e..a920c1f2 100755
--- a/recommends
+++ b/recommends
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -f /usr/share/doc/gnupg-curl/copyright ]
 then
-    echo "You might want to install gnupg-curl. It allows you to use shortened URLs with gpg1."
+    echo "You might want to install gnupg-curl. It allows you to use shortened URLs with gpg1." && echo "If you aren't on Linux, you can ignore this."
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f /usr/share/doc/popularity-contest/copyright ]
 then
-    echo "You might want to install popularity-contest. See http://popcon.debian.org/"
+    echo "You might want to install popularity-contest. See http://popcon.debian.org/" && echo "If you aren't on Linux you can ignore this."
 fi