diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3cfaaf1..91e6214 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1448,8 +1448,8 @@ Optional Packages:
   --without-libintl-prefix     don't search for libintl in includedir and libdir
   --with-ecl              Compile with Embedded Common Lisp compiler
   --with-dynamic-memory-size=size
-                          size, in megabytes of the available memory sizes for
-                          process
+                          size, in megabytes, of the available memory to the
+                          software
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CC          C compiler command