diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 05b11c63..d9068ae0 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -2318,6 +2318,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
   OUTPUT_UNSET ();
   output_close (&make_sync);
 
+  if (shuffle_mode)
+    DB (DB_BASIC, (_("Enabled shuffle mode: %s\n"), shuffle_mode));
+
   if (read_files)
     {
       /* Update any makefiles if necessary.  */
diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 011e4f22..264eeb6a 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -75,23 +75,22 @@ make_ulltoa (unsigned long long val, char *buf)
 /* Simple random number generator, for use with shuffle.
    This doesn't need to be truly random, just pretty random.  Use our own
    implementation rather than relying on the C runtime's rand() so we always
-   get the same results for a given seed, regardless of OS.  */
+   get the same results for a given seed, regardless of C runtime.  */
 
 static unsigned int mk_state = 0;
 
 void
-make_seed(unsigned int seed)
+make_seed (unsigned int seed)
 {
   mk_state = seed;
 }
 
 unsigned int
-make_rand()
+make_rand ()
 {
   /* mk_state must never be 0.  */
-  if (mk_state == 0) {
+  if (mk_state == 0)
     mk_state = (unsigned int)(time (NULL) ^ make_pid ()) + 1;
-  }
 
   /* A simple xorshift RNG.  */
   mk_state ^= mk_state << 13;
diff --git a/src/shuffle.c b/src/shuffle.c
index 4cfdc943..17731e8f 100644
--- a/src/shuffle.c
+++ b/src/shuffle.c
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ shuffle_set_mode (const char *cmdarg)
     }
   else
     {
-      if (strcasecmp (cmdarg, "random") != 0)
+      if (strcasecmp (cmdarg, "random") == 0)
+        config.seed = make_rand ();
+      else
         {
           /* Assume explicit seed.  */
           const char *err;