diff --git a/example/timer/regex_timer.cpp b/example/timer/regex_timer.cpp
index cf514825..2b2694c1 100644
--- a/example/timer/regex_timer.cpp
+++ b/example/timer/regex_timer.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ int main(int argc, char**argv)
 }
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(BOOST_REGEX_USE_WIN32_LOCALE)
-#pragma message(lib, "user32.lib")
+#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")
 #endif
 
 
@@ -385,3 +385,4 @@ int main(int argc, char**argv)
 
 
 
+