diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f43b93b5cf..600b365b00 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -623,115 +623,119 @@ endif()
 message(STATUS "")
 message(STATUS "Configured NEURON ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "")
-string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" cmake_generator_tolower)
-if(cmake_generator_tolower MATCHES "makefile")
-  message(STATUS "Some things you can do now:")
-  message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
-  message(STATUS "Command       |   Description")
-  message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
-  message(STATUS "make install  | Will install NEURON to: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-  message(STATUS "              | Change the install location of NEURON using:")
-  message(STATUS "              |     cmake <src_path> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install_path>")
-  message(STATUS "make docs     | Build full docs. Calls targets: doxygen, notebooks, sphinx")
-  message(STATUS "make uninstall| Removes files installed by make install (todo)")
-  message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
-  message(STATUS " Build option | Status")
-  message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
-  message(STATUS "C COMPILER    | ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}")
-  message(STATUS "CXX COMPILER  | ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
-  message(STATUS "BUILD_TYPE    | ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} (allowed: ${allowableBuildTypes})")
-  message(STATUS "COMPILE FLAGS | ${COMPILER_FLAGS}")
-  message(STATUS "Shared        | ${NRN_ENABLE_SHARED}")
-  message(STATUS "Binary special| ${NRN_ENABLE_BINARY_SPECIAL}")
-  if(NRN_DYNAMIC_UNITS_USE_LEGACY)
-    message(STATUS "Default units | legacy units")
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "Default units | modern units (2019 nist constants)")
-  endif()
-  message(STATUS "MPI           | ${NRN_ENABLE_MPI}")
-  if(NRN_ENABLE_MPI)
-    message(STATUS "  INC         | ${MPI_INCLUDE_PATH}")
-    message(STATUS "  LIB         | ${MPI_LIBRARY}")
-    message(STATUS "  DYNAMIC     | ${NRN_ENABLE_MPI_DYNAMIC}")
-    if(NRN_ENABLE_MPI_DYNAMIC)
-      list(LENGTH NRN_MPI_LIBNAME_LIST _num_mpi)
-      math(EXPR num_mpi "${_num_mpi} - 1")
-      foreach(val RANGE ${num_mpi})
-        list(GET NRN_MPI_LIBNAME_LIST ${val} libname)
-        list(GET NRN_MPI_INCLUDE_LIST ${val} include)
-        message(STATUS "    LIBNAME   | ${libname}")
-        message(STATUS "    INC       | ${include}")
-      endforeach(val)
-    endif()
-  endif()
-  message(STATUS "Python        | ${NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON}")
-  if(NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON)
-    message(STATUS "  EXE         | ${NRN_DEFAULT_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
-    message(STATUS "  INC         | ${NRN_DEFAULT_PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-    message(STATUS "  LIB         | ${NRN_DEFAULT_PYTHON_LIBRARIES}")
-    message(STATUS "  MODULE      | ${NRN_ENABLE_MODULE_INSTALL}")
-    message(STATUS "  DYNAMIC     | ${NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON_DYNAMIC}")
-    if(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 2)
-      set(PY2_WARNING TRUE)
-    endif()
-    if(NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON_DYNAMIC)
-      list(LENGTH NRN_PYTHON_EXE_LIST _num_pythons)
-      math(EXPR num_pythons "${_num_pythons} - 1")
-      foreach(val RANGE ${num_pythons})
-        list(GET NRN_PYTHON_EXE_LIST ${val} exe)
-        list(GET NRN_PYTHON_VER_LIST ${val} version)
-        if(version EQUAL 2)
-          set(PY2_WARNING TRUE)
-        endif()
-        list(GET NRN_PYTHON_INCLUDE_LIST ${val} include)
-        list(GET NRN_PYTHON_LIB_LIST ${val} lib)
-        message(STATUS "    EXE       | ${exe}")
-        message(STATUS "    INC       | ${include}")
-        message(STATUS "    LIB       | ${lib}")
-        message(STATUS "    INSTALL C | ${exe} setup.py install ${NRN_MODULE_INSTALL_OPTIONS}")
-      endforeach(val)
-    endif()
-  endif()
-  if(READLINE_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "Readline      | ${Readline_LIBRARY}")
+message(STATUS "You can now build NEURON using:")
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.12")
+  message(STATUS "  cmake --build . [--target TARGET] -- -j 8")
+else()
+  message(STATUS "  cmake --build . --parallel 8 [--target TARGET]")
+endif()
+message(STATUS "You might want to adjust the number of parallel build jobs for your system.")
+message(STATUS "Some non-default targets you might want to build:")
+message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
+message(STATUS " Target       |   Description")
+message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
+message(STATUS "install       | Will install NEURON to: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+message(STATUS "              | Change the install location of NEURON using:")
+message(STATUS "              |   cmake <src_path> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install_path>")
+message(STATUS "docs          | Build full docs. Calls targets: doxygen, notebooks, sphinx")
+message(STATUS "uninstall     | Removes files installed by make install (todo)")
+message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
+message(STATUS " Build option | Status")
+message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
+message(STATUS "C COMPILER    | ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}")
+message(STATUS "CXX COMPILER  | ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
+message(STATUS "BUILD_TYPE    | ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} (allowed: ${allowableBuildTypes})")
+message(STATUS "COMPILE FLAGS | ${COMPILER_FLAGS}")
+message(STATUS "Shared        | ${NRN_ENABLE_SHARED}")
+message(STATUS "Binary special| ${NRN_ENABLE_BINARY_SPECIAL}")
+if(NRN_DYNAMIC_UNITS_USE_LEGACY)
+  message(STATUS "Default units | legacy units")
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Default units | modern units (2019 nist constants)")
+endif()
+message(STATUS "MPI           | ${NRN_ENABLE_MPI}")
+if(NRN_ENABLE_MPI)
+  message(STATUS "  INC         | ${MPI_INCLUDE_PATH}")
+  message(STATUS "  LIB         | ${MPI_LIBRARY}")
+  message(STATUS "  DYNAMIC     | ${NRN_ENABLE_MPI_DYNAMIC}")
+  if(NRN_ENABLE_MPI_DYNAMIC)
+    list(LENGTH NRN_MPI_LIBNAME_LIST _num_mpi)
+    math(EXPR num_mpi "${_num_mpi} - 1")
+    foreach(val RANGE ${num_mpi})
+      list(GET NRN_MPI_LIBNAME_LIST ${val} libname)
+      list(GET NRN_MPI_INCLUDE_LIST ${val} include)
+      message(STATUS "    LIBNAME   | ${libname}")
+      message(STATUS "    INC       | ${include}")
+    endforeach(val)
   endif()
-  if(CURSES_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "Curses        | ${CURSES_LIBRARIES}")
-  elseif(TERMCAP_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "Termcap       | ${TERMCAP_LIBRARIES}")
+endif()
+message(STATUS "Python        | ${NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON}")
+if(NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON)
+  message(STATUS "  EXE         | ${NRN_DEFAULT_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
+  message(STATUS "  INC         | ${NRN_DEFAULT_PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+  message(STATUS "  LIB         | ${NRN_DEFAULT_PYTHON_LIBRARIES}")
+  message(STATUS "  MODULE      | ${NRN_ENABLE_MODULE_INSTALL}")
+  message(STATUS "  DYNAMIC     | ${NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON_DYNAMIC}")
+  if(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 2)
+    set(PY2_WARNING TRUE)
   endif()
-  message(STATUS "RX3D          | ${NRN_ENABLE_RX3D}")
-  if(${NRN_ENABLE_RX3D})
-    message(STATUS "  OptLevel    | ${NRN_RX3D_OPT_LEVEL}")
+  if(NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON_DYNAMIC)
+    list(LENGTH NRN_PYTHON_EXE_LIST _num_pythons)
+    math(EXPR num_pythons "${_num_pythons} - 1")
+    foreach(val RANGE ${num_pythons})
+      list(GET NRN_PYTHON_EXE_LIST ${val} exe)
+      list(GET NRN_PYTHON_VER_LIST ${val} version)
+      if(version EQUAL 2)
+        set(PY2_WARNING TRUE)
+      endif()
+      list(GET NRN_PYTHON_INCLUDE_LIST ${val} include)
+      list(GET NRN_PYTHON_LIB_LIST ${val} lib)
+      message(STATUS "    EXE       | ${exe}")
+      message(STATUS "    INC       | ${include}")
+      message(STATUS "    LIB       | ${lib}")
+      message(STATUS "    INSTALL C | ${exe} setup.py install ${NRN_MODULE_INSTALL_OPTIONS}")
+    endforeach(val)
   endif()
-  message(STATUS "Interviews    | ${NRN_ENABLE_INTERVIEWS}")
-  if(NRN_ENABLE_INTERVIEWS)
-    message(STATUS "  PATH        | ${IV_DIR}")
-    message(STATUS "  INC         | ${IV_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-    message(STATUS "  X11 (INC)   | ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-    if(IV_ENABLE_X11_DYNAMIC)
-      message(STATUS "              | IV_ENABLE_X11_DYNAMIC ${IV_ENABLE_X11_DYNAMIC}")
-      message(STATUS "              | IV_ENABLE_SHARED ${IV_ENABLE_SHARED}")
-    endif()
+endif()
+if(READLINE_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "Readline      | ${Readline_LIBRARY}")
+endif()
+if(CURSES_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "Curses        | ${CURSES_LIBRARIES}")
+elseif(TERMCAP_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "Termcap       | ${TERMCAP_LIBRARIES}")
+endif()
+message(STATUS "RX3D          | ${NRN_ENABLE_RX3D}")
+if(${NRN_ENABLE_RX3D})
+  message(STATUS "  OptLevel    | ${NRN_RX3D_OPT_LEVEL}")
+endif()
+message(STATUS "Interviews    | ${NRN_ENABLE_INTERVIEWS}")
+if(NRN_ENABLE_INTERVIEWS)
+  message(STATUS "  PATH        | ${IV_DIR}")
+  message(STATUS "  INC         | ${IV_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  message(STATUS "  X11 (INC)   | ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  if(IV_ENABLE_X11_DYNAMIC)
+    message(STATUS "              | IV_ENABLE_X11_DYNAMIC ${IV_ENABLE_X11_DYNAMIC}")
+    message(STATUS "              | IV_ENABLE_SHARED ${IV_ENABLE_SHARED}")
   endif()
-  message(STATUS "CoreNEURON    | ${NRN_ENABLE_CORENEURON}")
-  if(NRN_ENABLE_CORENEURON)
-    message(STATUS "  PATH        | ${CORENEURON_DIR}")
-    message(STATUS "  LINK FLAGS  | ${CORENEURON_LIB_LINK_FLAGS}")
-    if(NOT coreneuron_FOUND)
-      message(STATUS "  Legacy Units| ${CORENRN_ENABLE_LEGACY_UNITS}")
-    endif()
+endif()
+message(STATUS "CoreNEURON    | ${NRN_ENABLE_CORENEURON}")
+if(NRN_ENABLE_CORENEURON)
+  message(STATUS "  PATH        | ${CORENEURON_DIR}")
+  message(STATUS "  LINK FLAGS  | ${CORENEURON_LIB_LINK_FLAGS}")
+  if(NOT coreneuron_FOUND)
+    message(STATUS "  Legacy Units| ${CORENRN_ENABLE_LEGACY_UNITS}")
   endif()
-  if(NRN_ENABLE_COVERAGE)
-    message(STATUS "Coverage      | Enabled")
-    if (NRN_COVERAGE_FILES)
-    message(STATUS "  Files       | ${NRN_COVERAGE_FILES}")
-    endif()
+endif()
+if(NRN_ENABLE_COVERAGE)
+  message(STATUS "Coverage      | Enabled")
+  if (NRN_COVERAGE_FILES)
+  message(STATUS "  Files       | ${NRN_COVERAGE_FILES}")
   endif()
-  message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
-  message(STATUS " See documentation : https://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/")
-  message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
 endif()
+message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
+message(STATUS " See documentation : https://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/")
+message(STATUS "--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
 message(STATUS "")
 if(PY2_WARNING)
   message(WARNING "Python2 support will be dropped soon! We strongly advise migrating to Python3 as of now.")