diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index ee08264e91d8a4..9a478c5f983a51 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 static_optgroup.add_argument('--static-zoslib-gyp',
     action='store',
     dest='static_zoslib_gyp',
-    help='path to zoslib.gyp file for includes and to link to static zoslib libray')
+    help='path to zoslib.gyp file for includes and to link to static zoslib library')
 
 parser.add_argument_group(static_optgroup)