diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ff2772ccb..d1e6d9706 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ esac],[full_xml=false])
 
 ENABLEGROUP=""
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(group,
-  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-group[[[[=GROUP]]]]], [allow this system group to start ejabberd (default: no)])],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-group[[[[=GROUP]]]]], [specify the group of the account defined in --enable-user (default: no)])],
   [case "${enableval}" in
      yes) ENABLEGROUP=`groups |head -n 1` ;;
      no) ENABLEGROUP="" ;;