diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
index 59e1dc3abb..21ab50b619 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
@@ -2109,6 +2109,60 @@ ksh_CMD=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/ksh</programlisting>
       the <literal>:2</literal> modifier.</para>
   </sect1>
 
+  <sect1 xml:id="uses-ssl">
+    <title><literal>ssl</literal></title>
+
+    <para>Possible arguments: (none)</para>
+
+    <para>Provide support for <application>OpenSSL</application>.
+      These variables are available for the port's use, they are also
+      added to <varname>MAKE_ENV</varname>:</para>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><varname>OPENSSLBASE</varname></term>
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>Path to the OpenSSL installation base.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><varname>OPENSSLDIR</varname></term>
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>Path to <application>OpenSSL</application>'s
+	    configuration files.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><varname>OPENSSLLIB</varname></term>
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>Path to the <application>OpenSSL</application> libraries.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><varname>OPENSSLINC</varname></term>
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>Path to the <application>OpenSSL</application> includes.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><varname>OPENSSLRPATH</varname></term>
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>If defined, the path the linker needs to use to find
+	    the <application>OpenSSL</application> libraries.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </sect1>
+
   <sect1 xml:id="uses-tar">
     <title><literal>tar</literal></title>