diff --git a/Modules/threadmodule.c b/Modules/threadmodule.c
index 896d4faa60a..62fd76ada34 100644
--- a/Modules/threadmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/threadmodule.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #ifndef WITH_THREAD
 #error "Error!  The rest of Python is not compiled with thread support."
-#error "Rerun configure, adding a --with-thread option."
+#error "Rerun configure, adding a --with-threads option."
 #error "Then run `make clean' followed by `make'."
 #endif