--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
# we do compile the aspell module using an internal copy of aspell.h
# Only --with-aspell=no will completely disable aspell support
AC_ARG_WITH(aspell,
- AC_HELP_STRING([--with-aspell],
- [Use aspell spelling package to provide term expansion to other spellings]),
+ AC_HELP_STRING([--without-aspell],
+ [Disable use of aspell spelling package to provide term expansion to other spellings]),
withAspell=$withval, withAspell=yes)
case $withAspell in
no);;