diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4520b3bf..7be3a965 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ EL_ARG_ENABLE(CONFIG_SMALL, small, [Small binary],
 	      [  --enable-small          reduce binary size as far as possible (but see the bottom of doc/small.txt!)])
 
 EL_ARG_ENABLE(CONFIG_UTF8, utf-8, [UTF-8],
-	      [  --enable-utf-8          enable UTF-8 support])
+	      [  --disable-utf-8         disable UTF-8 support])
 
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(weehoofooboomookerchoo,