diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.xml
index fccf032988..1ac3f75bbc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.xml
@@ -3318,6 +3318,14 @@ ganglia:*:102:102::0:0:User &amp;:/usr/local/ganglia:/bin/sh</screen>
 	    <xref linkend="new-arch-post-qmanager"/>.</para>
 	</step>
 
+	<step>
+	  <para>At some point, you will probably find it handy to append
+	    the following to the <makevar>PATH</makevar> definition for
+	    the <replaceable>portbuild</replaceable> user:
+	    <programlisting>/<replaceable>a</replaceable>/portbuild/scripts:/<replaceable>a</replaceable>/portbuild/tools</programlisting>
+	    </para>
+	</step>
+
       </procedure>
 
       <para>You should now be ready to build packages.</para>