diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 513a0f47705db0fb278176691c06ae650c39d822..14db10835773af8cb1da66fa3ab3e1879ece8310 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ echo "  --install=INSTALL        use specified install [$install]"
 echo "  --static                 enable static build [$static]"
 echo "  --enable-debug-tcg       enable TCG debugging"
 echo "  --disable-debug-tcg      disable TCG debugging (default)"
-echo "  --disable-debug          enable common debug build options"
+echo "  --enable-debug           enable common debug build options"
 echo "  --enable-sparse          enable sparse checker"
 echo "  --disable-sparse         disable sparse checker (default)"
 echo "  --disable-strip          disable stripping binaries"