diff --git a/lib/configure.js b/lib/configure.js
index 7992b658a4..92cf342561 100644
--- a/lib/configure.js
+++ b/lib/configure.js
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
       if (err) {
         return callback(err)
       }
-      log.verbose('build dir', '"build" dir needed to be created?', isNew)
+      log.verbose(
+        'build dir', '"build" dir needed to be created?', isNew ? 'Yes' : 'No'
+      )
       if (win) {
         findVisualStudio(release.semver, gyp.opts.msvs_version,
           createConfigFile)