diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ee5a2a5417..bf5adc316a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ show_help(){
   echo "  --disable-ffplay         disable ffplay build"
   echo "  --disable-ffserver       disable ffserver build"
   echo "  --enable-postproc        enable GPLed postprocessing support [no]"
-  echo "  --enable-swscale         enable GPLed software scaler support [no]"
+  echo "  --enable-swscale         enable software scaler support [no]"
   echo "  --enable-avfilter        video filter support (replaces vhook) [no]"
   echo "  --enable-avfilter-lavf   video filters dependent on avformat [no]"
   echo "  --disable-vhook          disable video hooking support"