diff --git a/modules/modpython/Makefile.inc b/modules/modpython/Makefile.inc
index b925733071..24eb9d300e 100644
--- a/modules/modpython/Makefile.inc
+++ b/modules/modpython/Makefile.inc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ modpython/compiler.o: modpython/compiler.cpp Makefile
 	$(E) Building optimizer for python files...
 	$(Q)$(CXX) $(PYTHONCOMMON) -o $@ $< -c -MMD -MF .depend/modpython.compiler.dep
 modpython/compiler: modpython/compiler.o Makefile
-	$(E) Building optimizer for python files...
+	$(E) Linking optimizer for python files...
 	$(Q)$(CXX) -o $@ $< $(PY_LDFLAGS)
 
 modpython_install: install_datadir modpython_all