diff --git a/closed/autoconf/custom-hook.m4 b/closed/autoconf/custom-hook.m4
index 0d362a94fe4..2ff9555d740 100644
--- a/closed/autoconf/custom-hook.m4
+++ b/closed/autoconf/custom-hook.m4
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([CUSTOM_LATE_HOOK],
 AC_DEFUN([CONFIGURE_OPENSSL],
 [
   AC_ARG_WITH(openssl, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl],
-    [Use either fetched | system | <path to openssl 1.0.2 (and above)])])
+    [Use either fetched | system | <path to openssl version 1.0.2 or later>])])
   AC_ARG_ENABLE(openssl-bundling, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-openssl-bundling],
     [enable bundling of the openssl crypto library with the jdk build])])
   WITH_OPENSSL=yes