diff --git a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.re b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.re
index e60e72166..b6b9b3fc6 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.re
+++ b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.re
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ let main makefile => {
   | None => ()
   };
   switch Config.cluster_cmdline {
-  | Some fname =>
-    L.stdout "Cluster %s@." fname;
-    process_cluster_cmdline fname
+  | Some fname => process_cluster_cmdline fname
   | None =>
     print_stdout_legend ();
     if Config.allow_specs_cleanup {
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/cluster.ml b/infer/src/backend/cluster.ml
index 913c11c48..6e44965c0 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/cluster.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/cluster.ml
@@ -41,5 +41,7 @@ let pp_cluster fmt (nr, cluster) =
   let pp_cl fmt n = Format.fprintf fmt "%s" (cl_name n) in
   store_to_file (DB.filename_from_string fname) (nr, cluster);
   F.fprintf fmt "%a: @\n" pp_cl nr;
-  F.fprintf fmt "\t$(INFERANALYZE) -cluster %s >%a@\n" fname pp_cl nr;
+  F.fprintf fmt "\t$(INFERANALYZE) -cluster '%s'@\n" fname;
+  (* touch the target of the rule to let `make` know that the job has been done *)
+  F.fprintf fmt "\t@@touch $@@@\n";
   F.fprintf fmt "@\n"