diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 599be05090b6230f3d7a2649b854be5e03b2d399..5812a036dabfd3e54880829e523d01ba0d297100 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ if [ "x$enable_ttf" != "xno" -a "$arch" != "win32" ]; then
     unset ttfheaders
     unset ttfincdirs
 
-    echo $ac_n "Checking for ttf library ... $ac_c"
+    echo $ac_n "Checking for libttf ... $ac_c"
     if [ "x$ttflibdir" != "x" ]; then
         # If the user gave an explixit path, then check it
         libdirs=$ttflibdir