diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f2e23fc..b49e800 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ present () {
 using () {
 	printf "using $1\n"
 }
-error () {
+throw () {
 	>&2 printf "$(basename $0): $1\n"
 	exit 1
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ gen_CC () {
 	elif present gcc; then
 		cc=gcc
 	else
-		error "C compiler not found, please acquire a copy of LLVM Clang or the GNU C compiler"
+		throw "C compiler not found, please acquire a copy of LLVM Clang or the GNU C compiler"
 	fi
 
 	using "$cc"