diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/PDFMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/PDFMojo.java
index 9cd50f7..8d7e8fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/PDFMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/PDFMojo.java
@@ -420,7 +420,9 @@ public abstract class PDFMojo extends AbstractFoMojo {
 
 
     String sysDraftStatus=System.getProperty("draft.status");
-    getLog().info("adjustTransformer():sysDraftStatus="+sysDraftStatus);
+    if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+	getLog().info("adjustTransformer():sysDraftStatus="+sysDraftStatus);
+    }
     if(null!=sysDraftStatus && !sysDraftStatus.isEmpty()){
     	draftStatus=sysDraftStatus;
     }
@@ -436,7 +438,9 @@ public abstract class PDFMojo extends AbstractFoMojo {
 	transformer.setParameter("project.build.directory", projectBuildDirectory.toURI().toString());
     
 	String sysSecurity=System.getProperty("security");
-    getLog().info("adjustTransformer():sysSecurity="+sysSecurity);
+	if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+	    getLog().info("adjustTransformer():sysSecurity="+sysSecurity);
+	}
     if(null!=sysSecurity && !sysSecurity.isEmpty()){
     	security=sysSecurity;
     }
@@ -507,7 +511,9 @@ public abstract class PDFMojo extends AbstractFoMojo {
 
             //transformer.setParameter("docbook.infile",sourceDocBook.toURI().toString());
 	    	String srcFilename = sourceDocBook.getName();
-	    	getLog().info("SOURCE FOR COVER PAGE: "+this.projectBuildDirectory+"/docbkx/"+srcFilename);
+		if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+		    getLog().info("SOURCE FOR COVER PAGE: "+this.projectBuildDirectory+"/docbkx/"+srcFilename);
+		}
 	    	transformer.setParameter("docbook.infile", new File(this.projectBuildDirectory, "docbkx/"+srcFilename).toURI().toString());
             transformer.transform (new StreamSource(coverImageTemplate), new StreamResult(coverImage));
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/WebHelpMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/WebHelpMojo.java
index e444261..7504054 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/WebHelpMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/WebHelpMojo.java
@@ -864,7 +864,9 @@ public abstract class WebHelpMojo extends AbstractWebhelpMojo {
         //makePdf is a POM configuration for generate-webhelp goal to control the execution of
         //automatic building of pdf output
         if(this.makePdf) {
+	    if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
         	getLog().info("\n************************************* START: Automatically generating PDF for WEBHELP *************************************");
+	    }
         	//Target directory for Webhelp points to ${basepath}/target/docbkx/webhelp. So get parent.
         	File baseDir = getTargetDirectory().getParentFile();
         	//The point FO/PDF file output to be generated at ${basepath}/target/docbkx/autopdf.
@@ -910,10 +912,14 @@ public abstract class WebHelpMojo extends AbstractWebhelpMojo {
 
         	File srcFilename = new File(this.projectBuildDirectory, "docbkx/"+sourceFile.getName());
 	    	if(srcFilename.exists()) {
+		    if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
 	    		getLog().debug("***********************"+ srcFilename);
+		    }
 	    		pdfBuilder.setSourceFilePath(srcFilename);
 	    	} else {
+		    if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
 	    		getLog().debug("***********************"+ getSourceDirectory()+File.separator+inputFilename);
+		    }
 	    		pdfBuilder.setSourceFilePath(new File(getSourceDirectory(), inputFilename));
 	    	}
         	
@@ -932,14 +938,16 @@ public abstract class WebHelpMojo extends AbstractWebhelpMojo {
         			com.rackspace.cloud.api.docs.FileUtils.mkdir(targetDirForPdf);
         		}
         		boolean moved = pdfBuilder.movePdfToWebhelpDir(pdfFile, targetDirForPdf);
-        		if(moved) {
+        		if(moved && getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
         			getLog().info("Successfully moved auto-generated PDF file to Webhelp target directory!");
-        		} else {
+        		} else if(getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
         			getLog().error("Unable to move auto-generated PDF file to Webhelp target directory!");
         		}
         	}
         	autoPdfUrl = "../"+foFile.getName();
-        	getLog().info("************************************* END: Automatically generating PDF for WEBHELP *************************************\n");
+		if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+		    getLog().info("************************************* END: Automatically generating PDF for WEBHELP *************************************\n");
+		}
         }
 
         
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/builders/PDFBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/builders/PDFBuilder.java
index f7d15e1..70939dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/builders/PDFBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/builders/PDFBuilder.java
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ public class PDFBuilder {
 				final Result result = new StreamResult(targetFile.getAbsolutePath());
 
 				transformer.transform(xmlSource, result);
-
-				getLog().info(targetFile + " has been generated.");
-
+				if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+				    getLog().debug(targetFile + " has been generated.");
+				}
 				return targetFile;
 			} catch (SAXException saxe) {
 				throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to parse " + sourceFilePath + ".", saxe);
@@ -274,8 +274,9 @@ public class PDFBuilder {
 			baseURL = baseURL.replace("file:/", "file:///");
 
 			userAgent.setBaseURL(baseURL);
-			getLog().info("Absolute path is "+baseURL);
-
+			if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+			    getLog().debug("Absolute path is "+baseURL);
+			}
 			in = new FileInputStream(result);
 
 			targetPdfFile = new File (result.getAbsolutePath().replaceAll(".fo$", properties.getProperty("pdfsuffix","") + ".pdf"));
@@ -475,12 +476,14 @@ public class PDFBuilder {
 
 			transformer.setParameter ("cloud.api.background.image", coverImage.toURI().toString());
 			transformer.setParameter ("cloud.api.cc.image.dir", ccSub.toURI().toString());
-
-			// getLog().info("SOURCE FOR COVER PAGE: "+sourceFilePath);
+			if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+			    getLog().info("SOURCE FOR COVER PAGE: "+sourceFilePath);
+			}
 			// transformer.setParameter("docbook.infile", sourceFilePath.toURI().toString());
 
-
-			getLog().info("SOURCE FOR COVER PAGE: " + new File(projectBuildDirectory, inputFilename).getAbsolutePath());
+			if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+			    getLog().debug("SOURCE FOR COVER PAGE: " + new File(projectBuildDirectory, inputFilename).getAbsolutePath());
+			}
 			transformer.setParameter("docbook.infile", new File(projectBuildDirectory, inputFilename).toURI().toString());
 
 			transformer.transform (new StreamSource(coverImageTemplate), new StreamResult(coverImage));
@@ -883,7 +886,9 @@ public class PDFBuilder {
 		URIResolver uriResolver;
 		try {			
 			URL url = getNonDefaultStylesheetURL() == null ? getDefaultStylesheetURL() : getNonDefaultStylesheetURL();
-			getLog().debug("Using stylesheet: " + url.toExternalForm());
+			if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+			    getLog().debug("Using stylesheet: " + url.toExternalForm());
+			}
 			uriResolver = new StylesheetResolver("urn:docbkx:stylesheet", new StreamSource(url.openStream(), url
 					.toExternalForm()), catalogResolver);
 		} catch (IOException ioe) {
@@ -963,7 +968,6 @@ public class PDFBuilder {
 				}
 
 				if (getCustomizationParameters() != null) {
-					getLog().info("Applying customization parameters");
 					final Iterator iterator = getCustomizationParameters().iterator();
 					while (iterator.hasNext()) {
 						Parameter param = (Parameter) iterator.next();
@@ -1135,4 +1139,4 @@ public class PDFBuilder {
 			System.exit(-1);
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/calabash/extensions/ReplaceTextXProcStep.java b/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/calabash/extensions/ReplaceTextXProcStep.java
index fad4349..9ba7b65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/calabash/extensions/ReplaceTextXProcStep.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rackspace/cloud/api/docs/calabash/extensions/ReplaceTextXProcStep.java
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ public class ReplaceTextXProcStep extends DefaultStep {
         if(fileLength>0){
         	BufferedReader br = null;
         	try {
+		    if (getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
         		getLog().info("REPLACEMENTS FILE = " + replacementsFile.getAbsolutePath());
+		    }
         		br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(replacementsFile));
         		
         		String line;
@@ -107,8 +109,7 @@ public class ReplaceTextXProcStep extends DefaultStep {
         				//ignore input line
         			}
         		}
-        		
-        		if (xpathReplacements.size()==0) {
+        		if (xpathReplacements.size()==0 && getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
                 	getLog().info("SKIPPING REPLACEMENTS: Replacements file is empty or was not found at specified location '"+fileName+ "'.");
                 }
         	} catch (IOException e) {
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ public class ReplaceTextXProcStep extends DefaultStep {
         			getLog().error("Unable to release/close replacements config file", e);
         		}
         	}
-        } else {
+        } else if(getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
         	getLog().info("SKIPPING REPLACEMENTS: Replacements file is empty or was not found at specified location '"+fileName+ "'.");
         }
         
@@ -248,4 +249,4 @@ class Replacement {
 		
 		return false;
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/bookinfo.xsl b/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/bookinfo.xsl
index 5206f85..07d4411 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/bookinfo.xsl
+++ b/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/bookinfo.xsl
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 
     <xsl:template match="/">      
       <xsl:processing-instruction name="rax-warinfo"><xsl:value-of select="concat($warprefix,$input.filename,if ($security != 'external') then $warsuffix else '')"/></xsl:processing-instruction>
-      <xsl:message>bookinfo.xsl: webhelpDirname="<xsl:value-of select="$webhelpDirname"/>"</xsl:message>
       
         <xsl:apply-templates/>
 
@@ -233,4 +232,4 @@ branding=<xsl:value-of select="$branding"/>
         </xsl:choose>
     </xsl:function>
     
-</xsl:stylesheet>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/docbook.xsl b/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/docbook.xsl
index 35bd536..be97526 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/docbook.xsl
+++ b/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/docbook.xsl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   <xsl:param name="admon.graphics" select="1"></xsl:param>
   <xsl:param name="webhelp.war">0</xsl:param>
   <xsl:param name="docbook.infile"/>
+  <xsl:param name="chunk.quietly">1</xsl:param>
   <xsl:param name="graphicsize.extension" select="'0'"/>
   <xsl:param name="war.dirname"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(/processing-instruction('rax-warinfo'))"/></xsl:param>
   <xsl:param name="webhelp.common.dir">
diff --git a/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/profile-webhelp.xsl b/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/profile-webhelp.xsl
index 154de25..d5999e8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/profile-webhelp.xsl
+++ b/src/main/resources/cloud/webhelp/profile-webhelp.xsl
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@
   </xsl:template>
 
   <xsl:template match="d:legalnotice" mode="preprocess">
-    <xsl:message>
-########################################
-Processing legalnotice: <xsl:value-of select="@role"/>
-########################################
-    </xsl:message>
     <d:legalnotice>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="@*" mode="preprocess"/>
       <xsl:choose>
@@ -385,4 +380,4 @@ body { background-image: url('</xsl:text>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="head.keywords.content"/>
 </xsl:template>
 
-</xsl:stylesheet>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/pdf.xpl b/src/main/resources/pdf.xpl
index a0a281f..f373a0a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/pdf.xpl
+++ b/src/main/resources/pdf.xpl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   <p:group name="group">
     <p:output port="result" primary="true">
-      <p:pipe step="validate-post-wadl-idrefs" port="result"/>
+      <p:pipe step="validate-post-wadl-idrefs-pdf" port="result"/>
     </p:output>
     <p:output port="secondary" primary="false" sequence="true"/>
     
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <p:pipe step="params" port="parameters"/>
     </p:variable>
     
-    <l:validate-docbook-format>
+    <l:validate-docbook-format name="validate-docbook-format">
       <p:input port="source">
 	<p:pipe step="main" port="source"/>
       </p:input>
@@ -90,75 +90,50 @@ pdfsuffix=<xsl:if test="not($security = 'external') and not($security = '') and
 					 '/autopdf/pdf.properties')"/>
     </p:store>
 
-    <p:add-xml-base>
+    <p:add-xml-base name="adding-xml-base-pdf">
       <p:input port="source">
 	<p:pipe step="main" port="source"/>
       </p:input>
     </p:add-xml-base>
     
-    <p:xinclude fixup-xml-base="true"/>
+    <p:xinclude fixup-xml-base="true" name="xincluding-pdf"/>
 
-    <l:normalize-olinks/>
+    <l:normalize-olinks name="normalize-olinks-pdf"/>
 
-    <cx:message>
-      <p:with-option name="message" select="'Validating post-xinclude'"/>
-    </cx:message>
+    <l:process-pubdate name="process-pubdate-pdf"/>
 
-    <cx:message>
-      <p:with-option name="message" select="'Fixing pubdate if necessary'"/>
-    </cx:message>
-    <l:process-pubdate/>
+    <p:delete match="//@security[. = '']" name="delete-emtpy-security-attrs-pdf"/>
 
-    <p:delete match="//@security[. = '']"/>
+    <l:docbook-xslt2-preprocess name="preprocess-docbook-xslt2-pdf"/>
 
-    <l:docbook-xslt2-preprocess/>
-
-    <l:validate-transform name="validate-post-xinclude">
+    <l:validate-transform name="validate-post-xinclude-pdf">
       <p:input port="schema">
 	<p:document href="classpath:///rng/rackbook.rng"/>
       </p:input>
     </l:validate-transform>
 
-    <cx:message  name="msg3">
-      <p:with-option name="message" select="'Validating images'"/>
-    </cx:message>
-    <l:validate-images/>
+    <l:validate-images name="validate-images-pdf"/>
 
-    <cx:message  name="msg4">
-      <p:with-option name="message" select="'Performing programlisting keep together'"/>
-    </cx:message>
+    <l:programlisting-keep-together name="add-keep-togethers-to-codelistings-pdf"/>
 
-    <l:programlisting-keep-together/>
+    <p:delete match="//db:imageobject[@role='html']" name="remove-imageobject-role-html-pdf"/>
+    <p:delete match="//db:imageobject/@role[. ='fo']" name="remove-imageobject-role-attrs-fo-pdf"/>
 
-    <p:delete match="//db:imageobject[@role='html']"/>
-    <p:delete match="//db:imageobject/@role[. ='fo']"/>
+    <l:normalize-space-glossterm name="clean-glossterm-spaces-pdf"/>
 
-    <l:normalize-space-glossterm/>
-
-    <cx:message name="msg5">
-      <p:with-option name="message" select="'Adding extension info'"/>
-    </cx:message>
-    
-    <l:extensions-info/>
+    <l:extensions-info name="add-extensions-info-pdf"/>
         
-    <cx:message name="msg7">
-      <p:with-option name="message" select="'Normalize wadls'"/>
-    </cx:message>
+    <l:normalize-wadls name="normalize-wadls-pdf"/>
 
-    <l:normalize-wadls />
+    <l:process-embedded-wadl name="process-embedded-wadls-pdf"/>
+    <p:delete match="//@rax:original-wadl" xmlns:rax="http://docs.rackspace.com/api" name="remove-rax-original-wadl-attr-pdf"/>
 
-    <l:process-embedded-wadl/>
-    <p:delete match="//@rax:original-wadl" xmlns:rax="http://docs.rackspace.com/api"/>
-
-    <cx:message name="msg6">
-      <p:with-option name="message" select="'Making replacements'"/>
-    </cx:message>
-    <l:search-and-replace/>
+    <l:search-and-replace name="search-and-replace-pdf"/>
     
-    <p:add-attribute match="//db:table[not(@role) and .//db:td]|//db:informaltable[not(@role) and .//db:td]" attribute-name="rules" attribute-value="all"/>
-    <p:delete match="//db:td/db:para[not(./*) and normalize-space(.) ='']"/>
+    <p:add-attribute match="//db:table[not(@role) and .//db:td]|//db:informaltable[not(@role) and .//db:td]" attribute-name="rules" attribute-value="all" name="add-rules-attr-to-tables-pdf"/>
+    <p:delete match="//db:td/db:para[not(./*) and normalize-space(.) ='']" name="delete-empty-paras"/>
     
-    <l:validate-transform-idrefs name="validate-post-wadl-idrefs">
+    <l:validate-transform-idrefs name="validate-post-wadl-idrefs-pdf">
       <p:input port="schema">
 	       <p:document href="classpath:///rng/rackbook.rng"/>
       </p:input>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/rackspace-library.xpl b/src/main/resources/rackspace-library.xpl
index 5ae052b..42be698 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/rackspace-library.xpl
+++ b/src/main/resources/rackspace-library.xpl
@@ -571,12 +571,7 @@ setting failOnValidationError to no in your pom.
                 <p:input port="parameters">
                     <p:pipe step="normalize-wadls-step" port="parameters"/>
                 </p:input>
-            </p:xslt>
-            
-            <cx:message>
-                <p:with-option name="message" select="'About to iterate over wadls'"/>
-            </cx:message>
-            
+            </p:xslt>                        
             
             <p:for-each>
                 <p:iteration-source select="//wadl-missing-file">
diff --git a/src/main/resources/webhelp.xpl b/src/main/resources/webhelp.xpl
index 3fc10a5..619d11b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/webhelp.xpl
+++ b/src/main/resources/webhelp.xpl
@@ -11,38 +11,23 @@
   <p:import href="classpath:///rackspace-library.xpl"/><!-- classpath:/// -->
   <p:import href="http://xmlcalabash.com/extension/steps/library-1.0.xpl"/>
 
-
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Entering xproc pipeline'"/>
-  </cx:message>
-
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Validating DocBook version'"/>
-  </cx:message>
-
-  <l:validate-docbook-format>
+  <l:validate-docbook-format  name="validate-docbook-format-webhelp">
     <p:with-option name="docbookNamespace" select="'http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'"/>
   </l:validate-docbook-format>
 
-  <p:add-xml-base/>
+  <p:add-xml-base name="adding-xml-base-webhelp"/>
   
-  <p:xinclude fixup-xml-base="true"/>
+  <p:xinclude fixup-xml-base="true" name="xincluding"/>
 
-  <l:normalize-olinks/>
+  <l:normalize-olinks name="normalize-olinks"/>
 
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Fixing pubdate if necessary'"/>
-  </cx:message>
-  <l:process-pubdate/>
+  <l:process-pubdate name="process-pubdate-webhelp"/>
 
-  <p:delete match="//@security[. = '']"/>
+  <p:delete match="//@security[. = '']" name="delete-emtpy-security-attrs-webhelp"/>
 
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Profiling'"/>
-  </cx:message>
-  <l:docbook-xslt2-preprocess/>
+  <l:docbook-xslt2-preprocess name="preprocess-docbook-xslt2-webhelp"/>
   
-  <l:validate-transform name="validate-post-xinclude">
+  <l:validate-transform name="validate-post-xinclude-webhelp">
     <p:input port="schema">
       <p:document href="classpath:///rng/rackbook.rng"/>
     </p:input>
@@ -54,50 +39,29 @@
 
   <l:normalize-space-glossterm/>
 
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Validating, copying and transforming images'"/>
-  </cx:message>
   <l:copy-and-transform-images/>
 
-  <cx:message  name="msg4">
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Remove non-bold markup from inside code listings.'"/>
-  </cx:message>
   <l:programlisting-strip-inlines/>
 
   <p:delete match="//raxm:metadata[./raxm:type = 'tutorial']" 
 	    xmlns:raxm="http://docs.rackspace.com/api/metadata"/>
 
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Generating bookinfo.xml'"/>
-  </cx:message>
   <l:bookinfo/>
 
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Adding extension info'"/>
-  </cx:message>
   <l:extensions-info/>
       
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Normalize wadls (if necessary)'"/>
-  </cx:message>
   <l:normalize-wadls />
   
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Process embedded wadls (if necessary)'"/>
-  </cx:message>
   <l:process-embedded-wadl/>
 
   <p:delete match="//@rax:original-wadl" xmlns:rax="http://docs.rackspace.com/api"/>
  
-  <cx:message>
-    <p:with-option name="message" select="'Making replacements'"/>
-  </cx:message>
   <l:search-and-replace/>
 
   <p:add-attribute match="//db:table[not(@role) and .//db:td]|//db:informaltable[not(@role) and .//db:td]" attribute-name="rules" attribute-value="all"/>
   <p:delete match="//db:td/db:para[not(./*) and normalize-space(.) ='']"/>
   
-  <l:validate-transform-idrefs name="validate-post-wadl" >
+  <l:validate-transform-idrefs name="validate-post-wadl-pdf" >
     <p:input port="schema">
       <p:document href="classpath:///rng/rackbook.rng"/>
     </p:input>