diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 793db34..22ffcf8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ AM_COND_IF([HAVE_DOXYGEN],
 AX_PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CMOCKA], [cmocka >= 1.1], [], [have_cmocka=yes], [have_cmocka=no])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_CMOCKA], [test "x$have_cmocka" = xyes])
 AM_COND_IF([HAVE_CMOCKA], [AM_COND_IF([LINUX], [],
-    [AC_MSG_WARN(["cmocka found, but cannot build on ${host_os}])])],
+    [AC_MSG_WARN(["cmocka found; disabling mock tests on ${host_os}])])],
     [AC_MSG_WARN(["cmocka not found; disabling unit test build"])])
 
 # Check for the presence of tm_gmtoff in struct tm. If we have this, then we