diff --git a/doc/building.html b/doc/building.html
index fd101617..68b5576f 100644
--- a/doc/building.html
+++ b/doc/building.html
@@ -253,17 +253,16 @@ bjam -sTOOLS=<i><a href=
 </pre>
     </blockquote>
     This will update all of the Boost.Python v1 test and example targets. The
-    tests are relatively quiet by default. To get more-verbose output, you
+    tests are relatively verbose by default. To get less-verbose output, you
     might try 
 
     <blockquote>
 <pre>
 bjam -sTOOLS=<i><a href=
-"../../../more/getting_started.html#Tools">toolset</a></i> -sPYTHON_TEST_ARGS=-v test
+"../../../more/getting_started.html#Tools">toolset</a></i> -sPYTHON_TEST_ARGS= test
 </pre>
     </blockquote>
-    which will print each test's Python code with the expected output as it
-    passes. 
+    By default, <code>PYTHON_TEST_ARGS</code> is set to <code>-v</code>.
 
     <h2><a name="building_ext">Building your Extension Module</a></h2>
     Though there are other approaches, the smoothest and most reliable way to
diff --git a/test/Jamfile b/test/Jamfile
index 32dc054f..55632135 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile
+++ b/test/Jamfile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ rule bpl-test ( name ? : files * : requirements * )
         }
     }
 
-    return [ boost-python-runtest $(name) : $(py) <pyd>$(modules) : $(requirements) ] ;
+    return [ boost-python-runtest $(name) : $(py) <pyd>$(modules) : $(requirements) : : -v ] ;
 }
 
 test-suite python
@@ -188,13 +188,12 @@ bpl-test crossmod_exception
 
 [ run upcast.cpp  <lib>../../test/build/boost_test_exec_monitor  <template>py-unit-test ]
   
-[ run select_holder.cpp  <lib>../../test/build/boost_test_exec_monitor  <template>py-unit-test ]
+[ compile select_holder.cpp <template>py-unit-test ]
   
 [ run select_from_python_test.cpp ../src/converter/type_id.cpp
   <lib>../../test/build/boost_test_exec_monitor <template>py-unit-test ]
 
-[ run select_arg_to_python_test.cpp ../src/converter/type_id.cpp
-<lib>../../test/build/boost_test_exec_monitor <template>py-unit-test ]
+[ compile select_arg_to_python_test.cpp <template>py-unit-test ]
 
 [ compile-fail ./raw_pyobject_fail1.cpp <template>py-unit-test ]
 [ compile-fail ./raw_pyobject_fail2.cpp <template>py-unit-test ]