diff --git a/doc/platform.texi b/doc/platform.texi
index 999a5f19f1ab6f23c6123fb667526e7834d93e48..da08962e016cd76e8c52921bbd10cb47536c554f 100644
--- a/doc/platform.texi
+++ b/doc/platform.texi
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ make
 make install
 @end example
 
-If you wish to compile static libraries, add @code{--enable-shared} to your
+If you wish to compile shared libraries, add @code{--enable-shared} to your
 configure options. Note that due to the way MSVC handles DLL imports and
 exports, you cannot compile static and shared libraries at the same time, and
 enabling shared libraries will automatically disable the static ones.