diff --git a/darkice/trunk/configure.in b/darkice/trunk/configure.in
index b609478..8cc7723 100644
--- a/darkice/trunk/configure.in
+++ b/darkice/trunk/configure.in
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ dnl checkin for lame library
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(lame library)
 WARNING=
 AC_ARG_WITH(lame-prefix,
-  [  --with-lame-prefix=DIR   Alternate location for lame],
+[  --with-lame-prefix=DIR  alternate location for lame [/usr/local]
+                          files looked for: LAME-PREFIX/lib/libmp3lame.a
+                                            LAME-PREFIX/include/lame/lame.h],
   CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX="${withval}", CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX="/usr/local")
   if test "x${CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX}" != "x" ; then
     # look for lame lib. This overrides any standard location
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(lame-prefix,
   fi
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE( static,
-  [  --enable-static          link everything into the executable statically],
+[  --enable-static         link everything into the executable statically [no]],
   LINK_STATIC="--static", LINK_STATIC="")