diff --git a/scripts/generate_kwargs_lib.rb b/scripts/generate_kwargs_lib.rb
index 0c9cc8a7ac7b86bfb5525d4c8bbe6ebd335c09ae..5d2b15285b792b7a42afaad08f416d2d7616e1d0 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_kwargs_lib.rb
+++ b/scripts/generate_kwargs_lib.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Generator
     out.puts <<-END
 require 'fox16'
 
-$VERBOSE = nil
+old_verbose = $VERBOSE; $VERBOSE = nil
 
 module Fox
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ END
   def generate_closing(out)
     out.puts "end"
     out.puts ""
-    out.puts "$VERBOSE = true"
+    out.puts "$VERBOSE = old_verbose"
   end
   
   def scan_for_descriptions(filename)