diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e2363319..298199dc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ option ( enable-winmidi "compile Windows MIDI support (if it is available)" on )
 option ( enable-pkgconfig "use pkg-config to locate fluidsynth's (mostly optional) dependencies" on )
 option ( enable-pulseaudio "compile PulseAudio support (if it is available)" on )
 option ( enable-readline "compile readline lib line editing (if it is available)" on )
-option ( enable-threads "enable threads support on multi-processor systems" on )
+option ( enable-threads "enable multi-threading support (such as parallel voice synthesis)" on )
 
 # Platform specific options
 if ( CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "Linux" )