diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-old.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-old.yml
index c1415a981a..6c5b18c2cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-old.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-old.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # when this job can get a libssh version 0.9.0 or later, this should get
       # that enabled again
-      - name: 'cmake generate (out-of-tree, c-ares, zstd, gssapi)'
+      - name: 'cmake configure (out-of-tree, c-ares, zstd, gssapi)'
         run: |
           mkdir bld-cares
           cd bld-cares
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'autoreconf'
         run: autoreconf -if
 
-      - name: 'configure (out-of-tree, c-ares, zstd, gssapi)'
+      - name: 'autotools configure (out-of-tree, c-ares, zstd, gssapi)'
         run: |
           mkdir bld-am
           cd bld-am