--- autoconf-2.50/doc/autoconf.texi.mawk	Tue May 22 15:33:52 2001
+++ autoconf-2.50/doc/autoconf.texi	Tue May 22 15:36:55 2001
@@ -2833,10 +2833,10 @@
 @defmac AC_PROG_AWK
 @maindex PROG_AWK
 @ovindex AWK
-Check for @code{mawk}, @code{gawk}, @code{nawk}, and @code{awk}, in that
+Check for @code{awk}, @code{mawk}, @code{gawk}, and @code{nawk}, in that
 order, and set output variable @code{AWK} to the first one that is found.
-It tries @code{mawk} first because that is reported to be the
-fastest implementation.
+It tries @code{awk} first because that is reported to be the
+implementation that our system usually runs.
 @end defmac
 
 
--- autoconf-2.50/acspecific.m4.mawk	Tue May 22 15:33:36 2001
+++ autoconf-2.50/acspecific.m4	Tue May 22 15:35:43 2001
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
 [AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, :)])
 
 
-# Check for mawk first since it's generally faster.
+# Check for awk first since it's generally the one we would like to use :)
 AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_AWK],
-[AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, mawk gawk nawk awk, )])
+[AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, awk mawk gawk nawk, )])
 
 
 # AC_PROG_YACC
--- autoconf-2.50/configure.mawk	Tue May 22 15:34:06 2001
+++ autoconf-2.50/configure	Tue May 22 15:34:47 2001
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@
 # a AC-SUBST inside AC-PROG-GNU-M4.  Grmph!
 
 # `autoconf' and `ifnames' use AWK.
-for ac_prog in mawk gawk nawk awk
+for ac_prog in awk mawk gawk nawk
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2