diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c639a7a89f..433bdf38ce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -28108,9 +28108,9 @@ fi
 
 
         if test "$no_x" = "yes"; then
-          { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: X11 not found" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: X11 not found" >&2;}
-   { (exit please use --x-includes and/or --x-libraries options); exit please use --x-includes and/or --x-libraries options; }; }
+          { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: X11 not found, please use --x-includes and/or --x-libraries options (see config.log for details)" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: X11 not found, please use --x-includes and/or --x-libraries options (see config.log for details)" >&2;}
+   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
         fi
 
                                 GUI_TK_LIBRARY=`echo $X_LIBS | sed 's/ -LNONE//' | sed 's/ -RNONE//'`
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 785166c43c..add7284417 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@ libraries returned by 'pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs' or 'gtk-config
         AC_PATH_XTRA
 
         if test "$no_x" = "yes"; then
-          AC_MSG_ERROR(X11 not found, please use --x-includes and/or --x-libraries options)
+          AC_MSG_ERROR([X11 not found, please use --x-includes and/or --x-libraries options (see config.log for details)])
         fi
 
         dnl for some reason AC_PATH_XTRA seems to add -INONE and -LNONE (and