diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index e0dec3789..55d34ae5d 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ release:
 	@echo "* Do not forget to update the version number in src/ejabberd.app!"
 	@echo "* Do not forget to update the features in introduction.tex (including \new{} and \improved{} tags)."
 	@echo "Press any key to continue"
-	@read foo
+	##@read foo
 	@echo "% ejabberd version (automatically generated)." > version.tex
 	@echo "\newcommand{\version}{"`sed '/vsn/!d;s/\(.*\)"\(.*\)"\(.*\)/\2/' ../src/ejabberd.app`"}" >> version.tex
 	@echo -n "% Contributed modules (automatically generated)."  > contributed_modules.tex
diff --git a/src/ejabberdctl.template b/src/ejabberdctl.template
index 5ebfb5f6f..755c02bf3 100644
--- a/src/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/src/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -159,8 +159,12 @@ debug ()
     echo "  control+c, control+c"
     echo ""
     echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "To bypass permanently this warning, add to ejabberdctl.cfg the line:"
+    echo "  EJABBERD_BYPASS_WARNINGS=true"
     echo "Press any key to continue"
-    read foo
+    if [ "$EJABBERD_BYPASS_WARNINGS" != "true" ] ; then
+	read foo
+    fi
     echo ""
     $EXEC_CMD "$ERL \
       $NAME debug-${ERLANG_NODE} \
@@ -184,8 +188,12 @@ live ()
     echo "  q().  and press the Enter key"
     echo ""
     echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "To bypass permanently this warning, add to ejabberdctl.cfg the line:"
+    echo "  EJABBERD_BYPASS_WARNINGS=true"
     echo "Press any key to continue"
-    read foo
+    if [ "$EJABBERD_BYPASS_WARNINGS" != "true" ] ; then
+	read foo
+    fi
     echo ""
     $EXEC_CMD "$ERL \
       $NAME $ERLANG_NODE \