diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
index a4f989cdfed0a00aabb9e16ad22c909ce57cda03..7cb10ac59ce1d2e26d29a4a37660cbde4cd77c10 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
+++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ can take several different forms:
     `HOMEBREW_DEBUG_PREFIX` will be set to the target prefix in the Cellar
     of the formula being brewed.
 
+  * HOMEBREW\_DEVELOPER:
+    If set, Homebrew will print warnings that are only relevant to Homebrew
+    developers (active or budding).
+
   * HOMEBREW\_EDITOR:
     If set, Homebrew will use this editor when editing a single formula, or
     several formulae in the same directory.
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
index eb995bf28e05144230f3e2de482d547dbe4f0785..b292f570bc432152e8379f987565c273feb2ca9b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ module HomebrewArgvExtension
     include?('--dry-run') || switch?('n')
   end
 
+  def homebrew_developer?
+    include? '--homebrew-developer' or ENV['HOMEBREW_DEVELOPER']
+  end
+
   def ignore_deps?
     include? '--ignore-dependencies'
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 2269104213446621414a9b2f2af3b48fabfa12c9..be862c10326c09e507b844d4d0a4b5e36f3ed589 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ class FormulaInstaller
     if f.keg_only?
       ohai 'Caveats', f.keg_only_text
       @show_summary_heading = true
-    else
-      #audit_bin
-      #audit_sbin
-      #audit_lib
-      #check_manpages
-      #check_infopages
+    elsif ARGV.homebrew_developer?
+      audit_bin
+      audit_sbin
+      audit_lib
+      check_manpages
+      check_infopages
     end
 
     keg = Keg.new(f.prefix)
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1
index 5d87ef431d3df1dd54d9e7d869e64955cef3fee6..a01979d0d2e1a027071912d0f9aa984a9c65657e 100644
--- a/share/man/man1/brew.1
+++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
 .\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
 .
-.TH "BREW" "1" "November 2012" "Homebrew" "brew"
+.TH "BREW" "1" "December 2012" "Homebrew" "brew"
 .
 .SH "NAME"
 \fBbrew\fR \- The missing package manager for OS X
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ HOMEBREW_DEBUG_PREFIX
 When \fBbrew install \-d\fR or \fBbrew install \-i\fR drops into a shell, \fBHOMEBREW_DEBUG_PREFIX\fR will be set to the target prefix in the Cellar of the formula being brewed\.
 .
 .TP
+HOMEBREW_DEVELOPER
+If set, Homebrew will print warnings that are only relevant to Homebrew developers (active or budding)\.
+.
+.TP
 HOMEBREW_EDITOR
 If set, Homebrew will use this editor when editing a single formula, or several formulae in the same directory\.
 .