diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 22456959add174..65b8e711cdccae 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ Optional Packages:
                           use libedit for backend or disable readline module
   --with-computed-gotos   enable computed gotos in evaluation loop (enabled by
                           default on supported compilers)
-  --tail-call-interp      enable tail-calling interpreter in evaluation loop
+  --with-tail-call-interp enable tail-calling interpreter in evaluation loop
                           and rest of CPython
   --with-ensurepip[=install|upgrade|no]
                           "install" or "upgrade" using bundled pip (default is
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cf16e77f0a1503..0c6063d87d654a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7022,7 +7022,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --with-tail-call-interp])
 AC_ARG_WITH(
   [tail-call-interp],
   [AS_HELP_STRING(
-    [--tail-call-interp],
+    [--with-tail-call-interp],
     [enable tail-calling interpreter in evaluation loop and rest of CPython]
   )],
 [