diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1490731..9abb9d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ POSIX-compliant (like Microsoft Windows).
 To build Callisto, all you need is a C99 compiler. The configure
 script will check for the presence of various compilers before
 building, to decide which one to use.
-The compilers checked are clang, followed by cc, followed by gcc. If
+The compilers checked are clang, followed by gcc, followed by cc. If
 you have a compiler at a custom path that you would like to use over
 the system C compiler, just pass `-c /path/to/compiler` to the
 configure script before you build. The compiler must support gcc-like
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 67c6f3a..dcf2cc8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ gen_CC () {
 	fi
 	if present clang; then
 		cc=clang
-	elif present cc; then
-		cc=cc
 	elif present gcc; then
 		cc=gcc
+	elif present cc; then
+		cc=cc
 	else
-		throw "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"