diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b8340b7de1..cb73e9cdbc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(module_recovery,
     [enable_module_recovery=no])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(external_default_callbacks,
-    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-external-default-callbacks],[enable external default callback functions (default is no)]),
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-external-default-callbacks],[enable external default callback functions [default=no]]),
     [use_external_default_callbacks=$enableval],
     [use_external_default_callbacks=no])