@defmac AC_PROG_AWK
@acindex PROG_AWK
@ovindex AWK
-Check for @code{mawk}, @code{gawk}, @code{nawk}, and @code{awk}, in that
+Check for @code{gawk}, @code{mawk}, @code{nawk}, and @code{awk}, 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{gawk} first because that is reported to be the
+best implementation.
@end defmac