diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fc65ef4..6c9fe41 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ m4_ifdef([PKG_CHECK_MODULES], [], [
 
 dnl Add option to build with using address sanitizer
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([address-sanitizer], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-address-sanitizer], \
-              [enabled AddressSanitizer support for detecting a wide variety of \
+              [enable AddressSanitizer support for detecting a wide variety of \
                memory allocation and deallocation errors]), \
               [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER, 1, [enable AddressSanitizer])
               CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fsanitize=address"