diff --git a/makefile.am b/makefile.am
index d77b356..b2ca1b0 100644
--- a/makefile.am
+++ b/makefile.am
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ distclean-local:
 	- rm -r ${top_builddir}/@DOC_DIR@/html/* ${top_builddir}/@DOC_DIR@/latex/*
 	- rm makefile makefile.in doxygen.err libmrw.doxytag
 	- find . -name '*~' | xargs rm
-	- rm -r autom4te.cache SPECS RPMS BUILD BUILDROOT SRPMS
+	- rm -rf autom4te.cache SPECS RPMS BUILD BUILDROOT SRPMS
 	- rm aclocal.m4 config.guess config.sub configure \
 	     depcomp install-sh ltmain.sh makefile makefile.in \
 	     missing mkinstalldirs