diff --git a/libglnx.m4 b/libglnx.m4
index 5922805bc7a014812d3da44c8d5b9f3b76a5eb59..5a72e98bd077b7255c62e2a7a9ffd16744d17e6b 100644
--- a/libglnx.m4
+++ b/libglnx.m4
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ AS_IF([test $enable_otmpfile = yes], [], [
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(wrpseudo-compat,
               [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-wrpseudo-compat],
-                              [Disable use syscall() and filesystem calls to for compatibility with wrpseudo [default=no]])],,
+                              [Disable use of syscall() in some cases for compatibility with pseudo [default=no]])],,
               [enable_wrpseudo_compat=no])
 AS_IF([test $enable_wrpseudo_compat = no], [], [
-  AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_WRPSEUDO_COMPAT], 1, [Define if we should be compatible with wrpseudo])])
+  AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_WRPSEUDO_COMPAT], 1, [Define if we should be compatible with pseudo])])
 
 dnl end LIBGLNX_CONFIGURE
 ])