diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a5dc62e..3f1c817 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ GitHub = "https://github.com/jpsca/writeadoc"
 dev = [
     "ipdb>=0.13.13",
     "pytest-cov>=7.0.0",
+    "pytest-mock>=3.15.1",
     "ruff>=0.12.4",
     "tox-uv",
     "ty>=0.0.1a15",
diff --git a/src/writeadoc/main.py b/src/writeadoc/main.py
index fa3fcde..094ee9f 100644
--- a/src/writeadoc/main.py
+++ b/src/writeadoc/main.py
@@ -133,11 +133,17 @@ def cli(self):
             default=False,
             help="Generate a `llms.txt` file with all the markdown content",
         )
+        build_parser.add_argument(
+            "--boring",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=False,
+            help="Remove the random messages from the log output"
+        )
 
         args = parser.parse_args()
 
         if args.command == "build":
-            self.cli_build(archive=args.archive, llm=args.llm)
+            self.cli_build(archive=args.archive, llm=args.llm, boring=args.boring)
         elif args.command in (None, "run"):
             self.cli_run()
         else:
@@ -168,7 +174,7 @@ def shutdown(*args):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, shutdown)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, shutdown)
 
-    def cli_build(self, *, archive: bool, llm: bool = False) -> None:
+    def cli_build(self, *, archive: bool, llm: bool = False, boring: bool = False) -> None:
         """Build the documentation for deployment.
         """
         if archive:
@@ -182,23 +188,25 @@ def cli_build(self, *, archive: bool, llm: bool = False) -> None:
             variant.build_dir = self.build_dir
             variant.prefix = f"{self.prefix}/{prefix}" if self.prefix else prefix
 
-        self.build(devmode=False, llm=llm)
+        self.build(devmode=False, llm=llm, boring=boring)
         print("\nDocumentation built successfully.")
         if archive:
             print(f"Archived documentation is available in the `archive/{self.site.version}` folder.")
         else:
             print("Documentation is available in the `build` folder.")
 
-    def build(self, *, devmode: bool = True, llm: bool = False) -> None:
-        messages = get_random_messages(3)
-        print(f"{messages[0]}...")
+    def build(self, *, devmode: bool = True, llm: bool = False, boring: bool = False) -> None:
+        if not boring:
+            messages = get_random_messages(3)
+            print(f"{messages[0]}...")
 
         for variant in self.variants.values():
             variant.build(devmode=devmode, llm=llm)
 
         print("Processing pages...")
         nav, pages = self.pages_processor.run(self.pages)
-        print(f"{messages[1]}...")
+        if not boring:
+            print(f"{messages[1]}...")
 
         self.site.nav = nav
         self.site.pages = pages
@@ -209,7 +217,8 @@ def build(self, *, devmode: bool = True, llm: bool = False) -> None:
         print("Rendering pages...")
         for page in pages:
             self._render_page(page)
-        print(f"{messages[2]}...")
+        if not boring:
+            print(f"{messages[2]}...")
 
         if llm:
             print("Building llms.txt...")
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_build.py b/tests/test_cli_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..664a04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cli_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+from unittest.mock import call
+
+import pytest
+
+from writeadoc.main import Docs
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def docs(tmp_root):
+    (tmp_root / "comp").mkdir()
+    (tmp_root / "comp" / "test.jx").write_text("<h2>{{ content }}</h2>")
+
+    (tmp_root / "content" / "test.md").write_text(
+        """
+---
+title: Test Page
+imports:
+  "Test": "test.jx"
+---
+<Test>This **is** a test</Test>
+
+```
+<Test />
+<Test></Test>
+```
+""".strip()
+    )
+
+    docs = Docs(tmp_root, pages=["test.md"])
+    docs.catalog.add_folder(tmp_root / "comp")
+    return docs
+
+
+def test_build_with_random_messages(mocker, docs):
+    mocker.patch(
+        "writeadoc.main.get_random_messages", return_value=["one", "two", "three"]
+    )
+    mock_print = mocker.patch("builtins.print")
+    docs.build()
+    assert mock_print.call_count == 5
+    mock_print.assert_has_calls([
+        call("one..."),
+        call("Processing pages..."),
+        call("two..."),
+        call("Rendering pages..."),
+        call("three..."),
+    ])
+
+
+def test_build_with_no_random_messages(mocker, docs):
+    mocker.patch(
+        "writeadoc.main.get_random_messages", return_value=["one", "two", "three"]
+    )
+    mock_print = mocker.patch("builtins.print")
+    docs.build(boring=True)
+    assert mock_print.call_count == 2
+    mock_print.assert_has_calls([
+        call("Processing pages..."),
+        call("Rendering pages..."),
+    ])
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c127591..8ce6e49 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -474,6 +474,18 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9d/7a/d968e294073affff457b041c2be9868a40c1c71f4a35fcc1e45e5493067b/pytest_cov-7.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a0461110b7865f9a271aa1b51e516c9a95de9d696734a2f71e3e78f46e1d4678", size = 22876, upload-time = "2026-03-21T20:11:14.438Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-mock"
+version = "3.15.1"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "pytest" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/68/14/eb014d26be205d38ad5ad20d9a80f7d201472e08167f0bb4361e251084a9/pytest_mock-3.15.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1849a238f6f396da19762269de72cb1814ab44416fa73a8686deac10b0d87a0f", size = 34036, upload-time = "2025-09-16T16:37:27.081Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5a/cc/06253936f4a7fa2e0f48dfe6d851d9c56df896a9ab09ac019d70b760619c/pytest_mock-3.15.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0a25e2eb88fe5168d535041d09a4529a188176ae608a6d249ee65abc0949630d", size = 10095, upload-time = "2025-09-16T16:37:25.734Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dateutil"
 version = "2.9.0.post0"
@@ -741,6 +753,7 @@ dependencies = [
 dev = [
     { name = "ipdb" },
     { name = "pytest-cov" },
+    { name = "pytest-mock" },
     { name = "ruff" },
     { name = "tox-uv" },
     { name = "ty" },
@@ -766,6 +779,7 @@ requires-dist = [
 dev = [
     { name = "ipdb", specifier = ">=0.13.13" },
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = ">=7.0.0" },
+    { name = "pytest-mock", specifier = ">=3.15.1" },
     { name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.12.4" },
     { name = "tox-uv" },
     { name = "ty", specifier = ">=0.0.1a15" },