diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a1be922..560d19ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-05-24  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
+
+	* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_MSG_CHECKING, AC_MSG_RESULT):
+	  Put braces around the two echo commands, for consistency
+	  with AC_MSG_ERROR and such.
+
 2005-05-24  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 
 	* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_ECHO_LOG): New macro to factor out
diff --git a/lib/autoconf/general.m4 b/lib/autoconf/general.m4
index 54736ac2..40a67178 100644
--- a/lib/autoconf/general.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/general.m4
@@ -2019,16 +2019,16 @@ m4_define([AC_WARNING],
 # AC_MSG_CHECKING(FEATURE)
 # ------------------------
 m4_define([AC_MSG_CHECKING],
-[_AS_ECHO_LOG([checking $1])
-_AS_ECHO_N([checking $1... ])[]dnl
+[{ _AS_ECHO_LOG([checking $1])
+_AS_ECHO_N([checking $1... ]); }dnl
 ])
 
 
 # AC_MSG_RESULT(RESULT)
 # ---------------------
 m4_define([AC_MSG_RESULT],
-[_AS_ECHO_LOG([result: $1])
-_AS_ECHO([${ECHO_T}$1])[]dnl
+[{ _AS_ECHO_LOG([result: $1])
+_AS_ECHO([${ECHO_T}$1]); }dnl
 ])