diff --git a/config/ompi_config_asm.m4 b/config/ompi_config_asm.m4
index 3316be25c7..dd78558275 100644
--- a/config/ompi_config_asm.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_config_asm.m4
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_CONFIG_ASM],[
                     ompi_cv_asm_arch="SPARC"
 AC_MSG_WARN([Sparc v8 target is not supported in this release of Open MPI.])
 AC_MSG_WARN([You must specify the target architecture v8plus])
-AC_MSG_WARN([(cc: -xarch=v8plus, gcc: -mcpu=v9) for CFLAGS, CCXXFLAGS,])
+AC_MSG_WARN([(cc: -xarch=v8plus, gcc: -mcpu=v9) for CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS,])
 AC_MSG_WARN([FFLAGS, and FCFLAGS to compile Open MPI in 32 bit mode on])
 AC_MSG_WARN([Sparc processors])
 AC_MSG_ERROR([Can not continue.])