diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 3366c093..abad6da6 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ endif
 zstd32 : $(ZSTDLIB_FILES) $(ZSTD_CLI_FILES)
 	$(CC) -m32 $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@$(EXT)
 
+## zstd-nolegacy: same scope as zstd, with just support of legacy formats removed
+zstd-nolegacy : LDFLAGS += $(THREAD_LD) $(ZLIBLD) $(LZMALD) $(LZ4LD) $(DEBUGFLAGS_LD)
 zstd-nolegacy : $(ZSTD_FILES) $(ZDICT_FILES) $(ZSTD_CLI_OBJ)
 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@$(EXT) $(LDFLAGS)
 
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ zstd-pgo :
 	$(RM) zstd *.o $(ZSTDDECOMP_O) $(ZSTDDIR)/compress/*.o
 	$(MAKE) zstd MOREFLAGS=-fprofile-use
 
-# minimal target, with only zstd compression and decompression. no bench. no legacy.
+## zstd-small: minimal target, supporting only zstd compression and decompression. no bench. no legacy. no other format.
 zstd-small: CFLAGS = -Os -s
 zstd-frugal zstd-small: $(ZSTD_FILES) zstdcli.c util.c timefn.c fileio.c
 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) -DZSTD_NOBENCH -DZSTD_NODICT $^ -o $@$(EXT)
@@ -251,6 +253,7 @@ zstd-decompress: $(ZSTDCOMMON_FILES) $(ZSTDDECOMP_FILES) zstdcli.c util.c timefn
 zstd-compress: $(ZSTDCOMMON_FILES) $(ZSTDCOMP_FILES) zstdcli.c util.c timefn.c fileio.c
 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) -DZSTD_NOBENCH -DZSTD_NODICT -DZSTD_NODECOMPRESS $^ -o $@$(EXT)
 
+## zstd-dictBuilder: executable supporting dictionary creation and compression (only)
 zstd-dictBuilder: CPPFLAGS += -DZSTD_NOBENCH -DZSTD_NODECOMPRESS
 zstd-dictBuilder: $(ZSTDCOMMON_FILES) $(ZSTDCOMP_FILES) $(ZDICT_FILES) zstdcli.c util.c timefn.c fileio.c dibio.c
 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) $^ -o $@$(EXT)
@@ -318,6 +321,7 @@ ifeq ($HAVE_COLORNEVER, 1)
 EGREP_OPTIONS += --color=never
 endif
 EGREP = egrep $(EGREP_OPTIONS)
+AWK = awk
 
 # Print a two column output of targets and their description. To add a target description, put a
 # comment in the Makefile with the format "## <TARGET>: <DESCRIPTION>".  For example:
@@ -326,14 +330,14 @@ EGREP = egrep $(EGREP_OPTIONS)
 .PHONY: list
 list:
 	@TARGETS=$$($(MAKE) -pRrq -f $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)) : 2>/dev/null \
-		| awk -v RS= -F: '/^# File/,/^# Finished Make data base/ {if ($$1 !~ "^[#.]") {print $$1}}' \
+		| $(AWK) -v RS= -F: '/^# File/,/^# Finished Make data base/ {if ($$1 !~ "^[#.]") {print $$1}}' \
 		| $(EGREP) -v  -e '^[^[:alnum:]]' | sort); \
 	{ \
 	    printf "Target Name\tDescription\n"; \
 	    printf "%0.s-" {1..16}; printf "\t"; printf "%0.s-" {1..40}; printf "\n"; \
 	    for target in $$TARGETS; do \
 	        line=$$($(EGREP) "^##[[:space:]]+$$target:" $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))); \
-	        description=$$(echo $$line | awk '{i=index($$0,":"); print substr($$0,i+1)}' | xargs); \
+	        description=$$(echo $$line | $(AWK) '{i=index($$0,":"); print substr($$0,i+1)}' | xargs); \
 	        printf "$$target\t$$description\n"; \
 	    done \
 	} | column -t -s $$'\t'