diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0ab61bbe..645aec19 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --disable-option-checking  ignore unrecognized --enable/--with options
   --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
   --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
-  --enable-fhs-paths      User more FHS-like pathnames (for packagers).
+  --enable-fhs-paths      Use more FHS-like pathnames (for packagers).
   --enable-ipv6           Enable IPv6 support
   --enable-openssl=DIR    Enable OpenSSL support (DIR optional).
   --disable-openssl       Disable OpenSSL support.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9c345cbd..954eb682 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ if test "$LEX" = ":"; then
 fi
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([fhs-paths],
-	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-fhs-paths], [User more FHS-like pathnames (for packagers).])],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-fhs-paths], [Use more FHS-like pathnames (for packagers).])],
 	[],
 	[dnl detect if the user appears to want --enable-fhs-paths
 	AS_IF([test "$libexecdir" = '${exec_prefix}/libexec' && \