diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fe7f51b7e..2ef1e98a5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ if [[ "x$enable_shared" == "xyes" ]]; then
 	COMPILETIME_OPTIONS+="-DTORRENT_LINKING_SHARED "
 fi
 
-AC_DEFINE(BOOST_EXCEPTION_DISABLE,,[We don't need boost.exception features])
+AC_DEFINE(BOOST_EXCEPTION_DISABLE,,[We do not need boost.exception features])
 COMPILETIME_OPTIONS+="-DBOOST_EXCEPTION_DISABLE "
 
 dnl want some debugging symbols with that?