diff --git a/guile-readline/configure.ac b/guile-readline/configure.ac
index b03e5467c..fd49cfd65 100644
--- a/guile-readline/configure.ac
+++ b/guile-readline/configure.ac
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 
 dnl Don't use "echo -n", which is not portable (e.g., not available on
 dnl MacOS X).  Instead, use `patsubst' to remove the newline.
-AC_INIT(guile-readline,
-        patsubst(m4_esyscmd(. ../GUILE-VERSION && echo ${GUILE_VERSION}), [
-]),
-	[bug-guile@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([guile-readline],[patsubst(m4_esyscmd(. ../GUILE-VERSION && echo ${GUILE_VERSION}),
+)],[bug-guile@gnu.org])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(readline.c)