diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71830b6f5..4a8e2a259 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0)
 project(harfbuzz)
 
-message("HarfBuzz has a Meson port also and tries to migrate all the other build systems to it, please consider using it.")
+message(WARN "HarfBuzz has a Meson port and tries to migrate all the other build systems to it, please consider using it as we might remove our cmake port soon.")
 
 ## Limit framework build to Xcode generator
 if (BUILD_FRAMEWORK)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 63e25cb24..d8ad0ba41 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -510,6 +510,17 @@ echo "C++ compiler version:"
 $CXX --version
 echo
 
+AC_MSG_NOTICE([
+
+Autotools still is our main and recommended build system for
+building *nix package out of the library yet we encourage
+packagers to experiment with our brand new meson port and
+give us feedback as our effort to migrate and unify all
+the other build systems we have tools to meson.
+
+])
+
+
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([
 
 Build configuration:
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 66000120b..b827297e0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project('harfbuzz', 'c', 'cpp',
   default_options: ['cpp_std=c++11'],
   version: '2.6.7')
 
-warning('Meson is not our main build system yet, don\'t use it for packaging HarfBuzz for *nix distros for now')
+warning('Meson is not our main build system for building *nix packages yet we encourage packagers to test it and give us feedback about it.')
 
 hb_version_arr = meson.project_version().split('.')
 hb_version_major = hb_version_arr[0].to_int()