diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad1056d12..51890719e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-01-02  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* configure.in: Make help about --with-subshell easier to
+	understand.  Minor alignment fixes for the help.
+	* acinclude.m4: Minor alignment fixes for the help.
+
 2001-12-31  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Generate vfs/Makefile from vfs/Makefile.in, not
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 73324f1e7..049b38915 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([MC_WITH_VFS],[
   smbfs=""
   SAMBAFILES=""
   AC_ARG_WITH(samba,
-  	  [--with-samba	            Support smb virtual file system],[
+  	  [--with-samba	           Support smb virtual file system],[
   	  if test "x$withval" != "xno"; then
   		  AC_DEFINE(WITH_SMBFS, 1, [Define to enable VFS over SMB])
 	          vfs_flags="$vfs_flags, smbfs"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6b40dcc42..3732c4b06 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(ncurses,
 ])
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(hsc,
-        [--with-hsc               Compile with support for the HSC firewall],
+        [--with-hsc                 Compile with support for the HSC firewall],
         [if test x$withval = xyes; then
                 AC_DEFINE(HSC_PROXY, 1,
 			  [Define if you want to use the HSC firewall])
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ fi
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for subshell support])
 AC_ARG_WITH(subshell,
-	[--with-subshell            If you want to use a concurrent shell],
+	[--with-subshell=optional   To disable concurrent shell by default
+--without-subshell         To disable concurrent shell completely],
 	[result=no
 	if test x$withval = xoptional
 	then