diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 14b66993..cdf2ce6d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2958,9 +2958,9 @@ fi
 	if test -z "$PKG_CONFIG"
 	then
 		{ { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: pkg-config not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
-Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease, but will not have any other side-effects" >&5
+Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease but will not have any other side-effects" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: error: pkg-config not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
-Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease, but will not have any other side-effects" >&2;}
+Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease but will not have any other side-effects" >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 	fi
 
@@ -3025,10 +3025,16 @@ fi
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
                 { { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: c-ares not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
-Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease
+Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease but will not have any other side-effects" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: c-ares not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
+Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease but will not have any other side-effects" >&2;}
+   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 elif test $pkg_failed = untried; then
 	{ { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: c-ares not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
-Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease
+Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease but will not have any other side-effects" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: c-ares not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
+Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease but will not have any other side-effects" >&2;}
+   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 else
 	c_ares_CFLAGS=$pkg_cv_c_ares_CFLAGS
 	c_ares_LIBS=$pkg_cv_c_ares_LIBS
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 24f48723..ab74641f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -121,11 +121,10 @@ if test "x$ARES" = "xyes"; then
 	if test -z "$PKG_CONFIG"
 	then
 		AC_MSG_ERROR([pkg-config not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
-Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease, but will not have any other side-effects])
+Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease but will not have any other side-effects])
 	fi
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([c_ares], [libcares],,
-		AC_MSG_ERROR([c-ares not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
-Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease, but will not have any other side-effects]))
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([c_ares], [libcares],, AC_MSG_ERROR([c-ares not found. Try --disable-c-ares.
+Disabling c-ares may result in a slight performance decrease but will not have any other side-effects]))
 	appendCXX $c_ares_CFLAGS -DHAVE_ARES
 	appendLib $c_ares_LIBS
 fi