diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6286a7dbdc..4338043fdb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Jan  9 23:28:01 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
+
+	* configure.in: AC_MSG_FAILURE is a new macro in 2.54b or later.
+
 Thu Jan 09 17:05:24 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
 
 	* configure.in (RUBY_CHECK_IO_NEED): check whether fseek() and
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1619b798df..c9cc32cc0a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ fi
 if test "$cross_compiling" = no -a "$check_to_do_something_else" = yes; then
   RUBY_CHECK_IO_NEED(do something else, unexpected_stdio_behavior)
   if test "$unexpected_stdio_behavior" = yes; then
-    AC_MSG_FAILURE([unexpected stdio behavior])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([unexpected stdio behavior])
   fi
 fi