diff --git a/nc-config.in b/nc-config.in
index 41887de6f2..5138462257 100644
--- a/nc-config.in
+++ b/nc-config.in
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Available values for OPTION include:
   --has-parallel4 whether has parallel IO support via HDF5
   --has-parallel  whether has parallel IO support via HDF5 or PnetCDF
   --libs          library linking information for netcdf
-  --prefix        Install prefixx
+  --prefix        Install prefix
   --includedir    Include directory
   --libdir        Library directory
   --version       Library version
diff --git a/netcdf.pc.in b/netcdf.pc.in
index 089ceec9ed..22b5594b2b 100644
--- a/netcdf.pc.in
+++ b/netcdf.pc.in
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Description: NetCDF Client Library for C
 URL: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} @NC_LIBS@
+Libs.private: @LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
-