diff --git a/build/pkgs/gcc/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/gcc/spkg-configure.m4
index 53303572eab..44420222d65 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/gcc/spkg-configure.m4
+++ b/build/pkgs/gcc/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_DEFUN([SAGE_NEEDS_CC], [
-        AC_MSG_NOTICE([Sage needs working C/C++ compiler.])
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([$1])
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE([$1])
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([Sage needs working C/C++ compiler.])
 ])
 
 SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE_BASE([gcc], [