diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 76728f805..9b21c38c8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ Optional Features:
  --enable-condor            allow Yap to be used from condor
  --enable-april             compile Yap to support April ILP system
  --enable-dlcompat          use dlcompat library for dynamic loading on Mac OS X
- --enable-cplint=DIR          enable the cplint library using the glu library in DIR/lib
+ --enable-cplint=DIR       enable the cplint library using the glu library in DIR/lib
  --enable-myddas[=DIR]      enable the MYDDAS library
  --enable-myddas-stats      enable the MYDDAS library statistics support
  --enable-myddas-top-level  enable the MYDDAS top-level support to MySQL
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0ab37d7ca..8f9c389af 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(dlcompat,
 	use_dlcompat="$enableval", use_dlcompat=no)
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(cplint,
-		[ --enable-cplint[=DIR]          enable the cplint library using the glu library in DIR/lib],
+	[ --enable-cplint[=DIR]       enable the cplint library using the glu library in DIR/lib],
 		yap_cv_cplint=$enableval, yap_cv_cplint=no)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(gmp,