diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f8a83926b..ddbc48b88 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(roster_gateway_workaround,
 esac],[roster_gateway_workaround=false])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(transient_supervisors,
-[AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-transient_supervisors], [disable Erlang supervision for transient process (default: no)])],
+[AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-transient-supervisors], [disable Erlang supervision for transient processes (default: no)])],
 [case "${enableval}" in
   yes) transient_supervisors=true ;;
   no)  transient_supervisors=false ;;