diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d2bfab23b..8d08c93bb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ that you enable D-Bus support if your platform supports it.
 Many parts of PulseAudio use D-Bus, from ConsoleKit interaction
 to the Device Reservation Protocol to speak to JACK, Bluetooth
 support and even a native control protocol for communicating and
-controling the PulseAudio daemon itself.
+controlling the PulseAudio daemon itself.
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