diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8220e701f0467178aebc765964095584ab916bbf..0fccd73c7ea28cddcf9313135f2d2c7d1fb5c930 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4553,7 +4553,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(pulse,
        [ VLC_ADD_PLUGIN([pulse])
         VLC_ADD_CFLAGS([pulse],[${PULSE_CFLAGS}])
         VLC_ADD_LDFLAGS([pulse],[${PULSE_LIBS}])],
-       [AC_MSG_WARN(pulsaudio library not found)])
+       [AC_MSG_WARN(pulseaudio library not found)])
    fi
 
 dnl