diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 588c212..1f21db5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ corrections:
 	make failed after configure with non gcc compiler due to missing
 	include. Thanks to Horacio Mijail for reporting this problem
 
+	configure checked for --disable-rawsocket but printed
+	--disable-genericsocket in the help text. Thanks to Ben Gardiner for
+	reporting and patching this bug
+
 porting:
 	Performed changes for Fedora release 19
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 45cb88a..b39862e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 nl source: configure.in
-dnl Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2011
+dnl Copyright Gerhard Rieger
 dnl Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING
 
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
@@ -247,13 +247,13 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(rawip, [  --disable-rawip         disable raw IP support],
 	       [AC_DEFINE(WITH_RAWIP) AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to include generic socket support)
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(rawsocket, [  --disable-genericsocket disable generic socket support],
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(genericsocket, [  --disable-genericsocket disable generic socket support],
 	      [case "$enableval" in
 	       no) AC_MSG_RESULT(no);;
 	       *) AC_DEFINE(WITH_GENERICSOCKET) AC_MSG_RESULT(yes);;
 	       esac],
 	       [AC_DEFINE(WITH_GENERICSOCKET) AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to include raw network interface support)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to include generic network interface support)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(interface, [  --disable-interface  disable network interface support],
 	      [case "$enableval" in
 	       no) AC_MSG_RESULT(no); WITH_INTERFACE= ;;