diff --git a/LUFA/StudioIntegration/XSLT/lufa_vsmanifest_transform.xslt b/LUFA/StudioIntegration/XSLT/lufa_vsmanifest_transform.xslt
index 7f39b9e913..db12d9ea26 100644
--- a/LUFA/StudioIntegration/XSLT/lufa_vsmanifest_transform.xslt
+++ b/LUFA/StudioIntegration/XSLT/lufa_vsmanifest_transform.xslt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 <!-- Atmel Studio framework VSIX XML transform file -->
 
-<!-- -->
+<!-- Updates the version element of a Visual Studio VSIX manifest file to the
+     value passed as a parameter to the stylesheet transform -->
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:vs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vsx-schema/2010" version="1.0">
 	<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 		</xsl:copy>
 	</xsl:template>
 
-	<!-- Update the extension version to the version of LUFA being used -->
+	<!-- Update the extension version to the version passed as a parameter -->
 	<xsl:template match="vs:Version">
 		<xsl:copy>
 			<xsl:value-of select="$extension-version"/>
diff --git a/LUFA/StudioIntegration/makefile b/LUFA/StudioIntegration/makefile
index bcacde5888..3cca3dae59 100644
--- a/LUFA/StudioIntegration/makefile
+++ b/LUFA/StudioIntegration/makefile
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ generate_xml: $(TEMP_MANIFEST_XML)
 	@echo "Atmel Studio extension.xml file generated."
 
 generate_vsix: $(EXTENSION_OUTPUT_XML) $(MODULE_OUTPUT_XML)
-	cp "VSIX/[Content_Types].xml" $(LUFA_ROOT)/../
-	xsltproc --stringparam extension-version $(EXT_VERSION_NUM) XSLT/lufa_vsmanifest_transform.xslt VSIX/extension.vsixmanifest > $(LUFA_ROOT)/../extension.vsixmanifest
-	cd $(LUFA_ROOT)/../; zip LUFA_AS_Extension.vsix -r --exclude=*StudioIntegration* *
+	@echo "Generating Atmel Studio VSIX Extension file..."
+	@cp "VSIX/[Content_Types].xml" $(LUFA_ROOT)/../
+	@xsltproc --stringparam extension-version $(EXT_VERSION_NUM) XSLT/lufa_vsmanifest_transform.xslt VSIX/extension.vsixmanifest > $(LUFA_ROOT)/../extension.vsixmanifest
+	@cd $(LUFA_ROOT)/../; zip LUFA_AS_Extension.vsix -q -9 -r --exclude=*StudioIntegration* *
 
 check_filenames: $(TEMP_MANIFEST_XML)
 	@for i in `xsltproc XSLT/lufa_filelist_transform.xslt $< | grep -v "^<" | sed -e "/^$$/d"`; do \