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 5228e04649..385422ee95 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 
     <para>Possible arguments: (none)</para>
 
-    <para> Include Common Platform Enumeration
+    <para>Include Common Platform Enumeration
       (<acronym>CPE</acronym>) information in package manifest as a
       <acronym>CPE</acronym> 2.3 formatted string.  See the <link
 	xlink:href="http://scap.nist.gov/specifications/cpe/"><acronym>CPE</acronym>
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 
     <para>Changes some default behaviour of build systems to allow
       installing as a user.  See <link
-	xlink:href="http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org/"/> for more
+	xlink:href="http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org/"/>for more
       information on <command>fakeroot</command>.</para>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ GSSAPI_NONE_CONFIGURE_ON=	--without-gssapi</programlisting>
     <para>Possible arguments: (none)</para>
 
     <para>Provide support for the use of <package
-      role="port">devel/scons</package></para>
+	role="port">devel/scons</package></para>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 xml:id="uses-shared-mime-info">