--- a/Makefile	Tue Nov 18 15:25:13 2014 -0800
+++ b/Makefile	Wed Dec 03 14:20:21 2014 +0000
@@ -143,31 +143,37 @@
 	$(info .  make [default]         # Compile all modules in langtools, hotspot, jaxp, jaxws,)
 	$(info .                         # corba and jdk and create a runnable "exploded" image)
 	$(info .  make all               # Compile everything, all repos, docs and images)
-	$(info .  make images            # Create complete j2sdk and j2re images)
+	$(info .  make images            # Create complete jdk and jre images)
+	$(info .  make <phase>           # Compile the specified phase and everything it depends on)
+	$(info .                         # (gensrc, java, copy, libs, launchers, gendata, rmic))
+	$(info .  make *-only            # Applies to most targets and disables compling the)
+	$(info .                         # dependencies for the target. This is faster but may)
+	$(info .                         # result in incorrect build results!)
 	$(info .  make docs              # Create all docs)
 	$(info .  make docs-javadoc      # Create just javadocs, depends on less than full docs)
-	$(info .  make profiles          # Create complete j2re compact profile images)
+	$(info .  make profiles          # Create complete jre compact profile images)
 	$(info .  make bootcycle-images  # Build images twice, second time with newly built JDK)
 	$(info .  make install           # Install the generated images locally)
 	$(info .  make reconfigure       # Rerun configure with the same arguments as last time)
-	$(info .  make clean             # Remove all files generated by make, but not those)
-	$(info .                         # generated by configure)
-	$(info .  make dist-clean        # Remove all files, including configuration)
 	$(info .  make help              # Give some help on using make)
 	$(info .  make test              # Run tests, default is all tests (see TEST below))
 	$(info )
+	$(info Targets for cleaning)
+	$(info .  make clean             # Remove all files generated by make, but not those)
+	$(info .                         # generated by configure)
+	$(info .  make dist-clean        # Remove all files, including configuration)
+	$(info .  make clean-<outputdir> # Remove the subdir in the output dir with the name)
+	$(info .  make clean-<phase>     # Remove all build results related to a certain build)
+	$(info .                         # phase (gensrc, java, libs, launchers))
+	$(info .  make clean-<module>    # Remove all build results related to a certain module)
+	$(info .  make clean-<module>-<phase> # Remove all build results related to a certain)
+	$(info .                         # module and phase)
+	$(info )
 	$(info Targets for specific modules)
 	$(info .  make <module>          # Build <module> and everything it depends on. )
-	$(info .  make <module>-only     # Build <module> only, without dependencies. This)
-	$(info .                         # is faster but can result in incorrect build results!)
-	$(info .  make <module>-java     # Compile java classes for <module> and everything it)
-	$(info .                         # depends on)
-	$(info .  make <module>-libs     # Build native libraries for <module> and everything it)
-	$(info .                         # depends on)
-	$(info .  make <module>-launchers# Build native executables for <module> and everything it)
-	$(info .                         # depends on)
-	$(info .  make <module>-gensrc   # Execute the gensrc step for <module> and everything it)
-	$(info .                         # depends on)
+	$(info .  make <module>-<phase>  # Compile the specified phase for the specified module)
+	$(info .                         # and everything it depends on)
+	$(info .                         # (gensrc, java, copy, libs, launchers, gendata, rmic))
 	$(info )
 	$(info Useful make variables)
 	$(info .  make CONF=             # Build all configurations (note, assignment is empty))