diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index c69670436b..01fb4415bb 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ distclean:
 	-$(CP) Makefile.dist Makefile
 
 maintainer-clean:
-	@echo "This command is intented for maintainers to use;"
+	@echo "This target is intended for maintainers to use;"
 	@echo "it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild."
 	@@SETX@; for d in $(SUBDIRS) examples pablo; do			      \
 	   (cd $$d && $(MAKE) $@);					      \
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 902e2f66c0..3d5826045e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4356,7 +4356,7 @@ done
 	fi
 
 	zlib_lib="`echo $withval |cut -f2 -d, -s`"
-	if test "X" != "$zlb_lib"; then
+	if test "X" != "$zlib_lib"; then
 	    saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$zlib_lib"
 	    echo $ac_n "checking for compress in -lz""... $ac_c" 1>&6
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7ead0d3b22..edad932b6d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ case $withval in
 	fi
 
 	zlib_lib="`echo $withval |cut -f2 -d, -s`"
-	if test "X" != "$zlb_lib"; then
+	if test "X" != "$zlib_lib"; then
 	    saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$zlib_lib"
 	    AC_CHECK_LIB(z, compress,,LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS")