diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8d17db519..f5f8529ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-23  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Reverse the help text for --enable-xcb,
+	--enable-quartz.
+
 2005-08-23  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Disable XCB and Quartz backends unless
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index abe0d745b..8f18f989b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ CAIRO_CFLAGS="$CAIRO_CFLAGS $XRENDER_CFLAGS"
 CAIRO_LIBS="$CAIRO_LIBS $XRENDER_LIBS"
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(quartz,
-  [  --disable-quartz          Disable cairo's quartz backend],
+  [  --enable-quartz         Enable cairo's Quartz backend],
   [use_quartz=$enableval], [use_quartz=no])
 
 if test "x$use_quartz" = "xyes"; then
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ CAIRO_LIBS="$CAIRO_LIBS $QUARTZ_LIBS"
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(xcb,
-  [  --disable-xcb           Disable cairo's XCB backend],
+  [  --enable-xcb            Enable cairo's XCB backend],
   [use_xcb=$enableval], [use_xcb=no])
 
 if test "x$use_xcb" = "xyes"; then
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ esac
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$cairo_platform_win32])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(win32,
-  [  --disable-win32          Disable cairo's Microsoft Windows backend],
+  [  --disable-win32         Disable cairo's Microsoft Windows backend],
   [use_win32=$enableval], [use_win32="yes"])
 
 if test "x$cairo_platform_win32" != "xyes" ; then