diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ebdda17..83120a4c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-12  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
+	* configure.in: Use a more standard checking message when checking
+	for md5.h.
+
 2003-11-12  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Tweak ansi2knr test, use : instead of true.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ee71aa9c..aa0d7f75 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ then
     AC_CHECK_LIB(md5, md5_calc, [
       dnl Some installations have bogus <md5.h> in the compiler's
       dnl include path, making the system md5 library useless.
-      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether md5.h can be included])
+      AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working md5.h])
       AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([#include <md5.h>
                         ], [
         AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)