diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fca8fa3..e91abec 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -58,14 +58,12 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PANGO], [pango], [
 	echo "Note: Pango not found; Unicode will not be supported."
 ])
 
-AC_ARG_VAR([SF_NOWARN], [Set to 1 to disable compiler warnings (useful for older GCC versions)])
+AC_ARG_VAR([SF_WARN], [Set to 1 to enable compiler warnings])
 AC_ARG_VAR([SF_SCREEN_WIDTH], [The width of the game window in pixels])
 AC_ARG_VAR([SF_SCREEN_HEIGHT], [The height of the game window in pixels])
 AC_ARG_VAR([SF_NOFONT], [Set to 1 to manually force the compiler not to include font/Unicode support])
 AC_ARG_VAR([SF_RUN_IN_PLACE], [Set to 1 to compile Starfighter to run in-place (instead of installing)])
-AS_IF([test -n "$SF_NOWARN"], [
-	echo "Disabling compiler warnings"
-], [
+AS_IF([test -n "$SF_WARN"], [
 	STARFIGHTER_CPPFLAGS="$STARFIGHTER_CPPFLAGS -Wall -Wformat-truncation=0"
 ])
 AS_IF([test -n "$SF_SCREEN_WIDTH"], [