diff --git a/configure b/configure
index af5fe6e5b774b371ebff2d871709b0e42b027e13..3e64be329f36c4051f7acf8e2522397dec3d2df0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ if [ "x$enable_mysql" != "xno" ]; then
                     /usr/local/mysql/lib /usr/mysql /usr/local/mysql \
                     /opt/mysql /opt/mysql/lib"
     fi
-    # If the "--enable-shared" flag is ste, we first look for the
+    # If the "--enable-shared" flag is set, we first look for the
     # shared library then the static one.
     if [ "x$enable_shared" != "xno" ]; then
         libs="libmysqlclient.so libmysqlclient.sl libmysqlclient.a \