diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 336460889..44e715db4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ if test -n "$OCTAVE"; then
    AS_IF([test "x`${OCTAVE} --version 2>/dev/null | sed -n -e '1p' | sed -n -e '/Octave, version/p'`" != x],[
       AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
    ],[
-      AC_MSG_NOTICE([no])
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
       OCTAVE=
    ])
 fi