diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b57f3fe8..4ba1bd461 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ option(ENABLE_SCRIPT     "Enable Script plugin (scripts manager)"    ON)
 option(ENABLE_SCRIPTS    "Enable script plugins (perl, python, ...)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_PERL       "Enable Perl scripting language"            ON)
 option(ENABLE_PYTHON     "Enable Python scripting language"          ON)
-option(ENABLE_PYTHON3    "Use Python 3.x if found (NOT recommended)" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_PYTHON3    "Use Python 3.x if found (NOT recommended because many \"official\" scripts won't work)" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_RUBY       "Enable Ruby scripting language"            ON)
 option(ENABLE_LUA        "Enable Lua scripting language"             ON)
 option(ENABLE_TCL        "Enable Tcl scripting language"             ON)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ba80a2a08..3f9ee5220 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(script,       [  --disable-script        turn off Script plugin (d
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(scripts,      [  --disable-scripts       turn off script plugins (perl, python, ...) (default=compiled if found)],enable_scripts=$enableval,enable_scripts=yes)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(perl,         [  --disable-perl          turn off Perl script plugin (default=compiled if found)],enable_perl=$enableval,enable_perl=yes)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(python,       [  --disable-python        turn off Python script plugin (default=compiled if found)],enable_python=$enableval,enable_python=yes)
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(python3,      [  --enable-python3        use Python 3.x if found (NOT recommended) (default=off)],enable_python3=$enableval,enable_python3=no)
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(python3,      [  --enable-python3        use Python 3.x if found (NOT recommended because many "official" scripts won't work) (default=off)],enable_python3=$enableval,enable_python3=no)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(ruby,         [  --disable-ruby          turn off Ruby script plugin (default=compiled if found)],enable_ruby=$enableval,enable_ruby=yes)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(lua,          [  --disable-lua           turn off Lua script plugin (default=compiled if found)],enable_lua=$enableval,enable_lua=yes)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(tcl,          [  --disable-tcl           turn off Tcl script plugin (default=compiled if found)],enable_tcl=$enableval,enable_tcl=yes)