diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3d942e6e3..f221270e8 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -668,6 +668,6 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([
 
   Configuration completed.
 
-    You can now say 'make' to compile the grib_api package, 'make check' to
+    You can now say 'make' to compile the eccodes package, 'make check' to
 	  test it  and 'make install' to install it afterwards.
 	  ])