diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d66029f01..51c373ca5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ else
   if [ "x$GTK" = xno ] && [ "x$SYSTEM" = xLinux ]; then
       cat <<EOF
 
-*** GTK+ was not found, transmission-gtk will NOT be built.  If you
-*** want to use the graphical version of Transmission" then you will
-*** need to install GTK+ headers and libraries. Try installing looking
-*** for a package called libgtk2.0-dev or gtk2-devel and installing
-*** it, then re-running this script.
+*** GTK+ was not found, transmission-gtk will *NOT* be built. If you
+*** wish to use the graphical version of Transmission then you will
+*** need to install GTK+ headers and libraries. Try looking for a
+*** package called libgtk2.0-dev or gtk2-devel and installing it, then
+*** re-running this script.
 EOF
   fi
 fi