diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 021857f137..ea234747f0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -3732,9 +3732,9 @@ ${PREFIX}/man/ja/man4/baz.4.gz</programlisting>
 	      <filename>bsd.port.pre.mk</filename>.  Due to a deficiency
 	      in the infrastructure, you can only test
 	      <makevar>WITH_*</makevar> variables for options, which are
-	      <literal>ON</literal> by default, and
+	      <literal>OFF</literal> by default, and
 	      <makevar>WITHOUT_*</makevar> variables for options, which
-	      defaults to <literal>OFF</literal>.</para>
+	      defaults to <literal>ON</literal>.</para>
 
 	<sect3>
 	  <title>Example</title>
@@ -3758,16 +3758,6 @@ RUN_DEPENDS+=	bar:${PORTSDIR}/bar/bar
 .include &lt;bsd.port.post.mk&gt;</programlisting></para>
 	  </example>
 
-	<sect3>
-	  <title>Brokenness</title>
-	  <itemizedlist>
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para><makevar>OPTIONS</makevar> are ignored in
-		<makevar>BATCH</makevar> mode.</para>
-	    </listitem>
-	  </itemizedlist>
-	</sect3>
-	
       </sect2>
 
     </sect1>