diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2af044fbb..68a1b5685 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ rm -f stella-conf*
 if test "$_host_os" = darwin; then
 	cat <<EOI
 
-WARNING: plain UNIX-style builds on OSX without XCode have decraded functionality
+WARNING: plain UNIX-style builds on OSX without XCode have degraded functionality
 and are unsupported. Continue on your own risk...
 EOI
 fi
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