diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 98f4034704681c82a905229b581d7db53b6f1852..7d2255d5f3988ada7c3af256d1b15d52e70824a3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-includes=DIRS    look for additional header files in DIRS
   --with-libraries=DIRS   look for additional libraries in DIRS
   --with-libs=DIRS        alternative spelling of --with-libraries
-  --with-pgport=PORTNUM   change default port number 5432
+  --with-pgport=PORTNUM   change default port number [5432]
   --with-tcl              build Tcl modules (PL/Tcl)
   --with-tclconfig=DIR    tclConfig.sh is in DIR
   --with-perl             build Perl modules (PL/Perl)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3f7b337bea8d4544d6890b3db312ffb36e9df746..cc2f79ad9144884fd1b35547e2c99d22245eff28 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.436 2005/12/06 18:35:09 momjian Exp $
+dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.437 2005/12/08 21:29:25 petere Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ AC_SUBST(WANTED_LANGUAGES)
 # Default port number (--with-pgport), default 5432
 #
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for default port number])
-PGAC_ARG_REQ(with, pgport, [  --with-pgport=PORTNUM   change default port number [5432]],
+PGAC_ARG_REQ(with, pgport, [  --with-pgport=PORTNUM   change default port number [[5432]]],
              [default_port=$withval],
              [default_port=5432])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$default_port])