diff --git a/m4/mpi-config.m4 b/m4/mpi-config.m4
index d290c99d6a5d587ad7d367c7aeebf94cab1fa19a..152c98fabeb736152bfc267b5bd4f565a1c564ea 100644
--- a/m4/mpi-config.m4
+++ b/m4/mpi-config.m4
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ _EOF
 }
 
 test_mpich2 () {
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for mpich])
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for mpich2])
   cat >conftest.c <<_EOF
 #include <mpi.h>
 #include <stdio.h>