diff --git a/vs2015/sdl2/configure b/vs2015/sdl2/configure
index aee0cb6ec..3e1f8e8c6 100755
--- a/vs2015/sdl2/configure
+++ b/vs2015/sdl2/configure
@@ -18283,7 +18283,7 @@ if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
           echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 else
    echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the"
-          echo "*** exact error that occured. This usually means ESD was incorrectly installed"
+          echo "*** exact error that occurred. This usually means ESD was incorrectly installed"
           echo "*** or that you have moved ESD since it was installed. In the latter case, you"
           echo "*** may want to edit the esd-config script: $ESD_CONFIG"
 fi
@@ -24520,7 +24520,9 @@ else
 fi
 
         ;;
-    arm*-apple-darwin*|*-ios-*)
+    *-ios-*)
+        # NTS: DOSBox-X specific modification: This used to match ANY ARM-based Darwin, but the new ARM-based Macbooks are not iOS
+        #      so the Darwin match here was deleted.
         ARCH=ios
 
         CheckVisibilityHidden
@@ -24809,7 +24811,7 @@ $as_echo "#define SDL_TIMER_UNIX 1" >>confdefs.h
         ;;
     *)
         as_fn_error $? "
-*** Unsupported host:  Please add to configure.in
+*** Unsupported host:  Please add to configure.ac
         " "$LINENO" 5
         ;;
 esac
diff --git a/vs2015/sdl2/configure.ac b/vs2015/sdl2/configure.ac
index a8c63d234..01cc4ed65 100644
--- a/vs2015/sdl2/configure.ac
+++ b/vs2015/sdl2/configure.ac
@@ -3764,7 +3764,9 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-render-d3d], [enable the Direct3D render driver [[defau
         #  other spins, like x86-64, use a more standard "libstdc++.so.*"
         AC_CHECK_FILE("/boot/system/lib/libstdc++.r4.so", EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lstdc++.r4", EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lstdc++")
         ;;
-    arm*-apple-darwin*|*-ios-*)
+    *-ios-*)
+        # NTS: DOSBox-X specific modification: This used to match ANY ARM-based Darwin, but the new ARM-based Macbooks are not iOS
+        #      so the Darwin match here was deleted.
         ARCH=ios
 
         CheckVisibilityHidden
diff --git a/vs2015/sdl2/test/aclocal.m4 b/vs2015/sdl2/test/aclocal.m4
index 2c8d31490..13ca1a74b 100644
--- a/vs2015/sdl2/test/aclocal.m4
+++ b/vs2015/sdl2/test/aclocal.m4
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
           echo "*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although"
           echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"],
         [ echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the"
-          echo "*** exact error that occurred. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed"
+          echo "*** exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed"
           echo "*** or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you"
           echo "*** may want to edit the sdl2-config script: $SDL_CONFIG" ])
           CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/vs2015/sdl2/test/configure b/vs2015/sdl2/test/configure
index f8a91d94c..61c32fba1 100755
--- a/vs2015/sdl2/test/configure
+++ b/vs2015/sdl2/test/configure
@@ -3437,7 +3437,7 @@ if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
           echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 else
    echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the"
-          echo "*** exact error that occurred. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed"
+          echo "*** exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed"
           echo "*** or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you"
           echo "*** may want to edit the sdl2-config script: $SDL_CONFIG"
 fi