diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 0a49c430e5..ed4537946c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -3298,7 +3298,8 @@ ALWAYS_KEEP_DISTFILES=  yes
 	    <programlisting>PERL_RUN_DEPENDS=	MIME-Base64:${PORTSDIR}/converters/p5-MIME-Base64</programlisting>
 
 	    will check for the <literal>MIME::Base64</literal> Perl module
-	    (note the replacement of :: with -) and install it if
+	    (note the replacement of <quote><literal>::</literal></quote>
+	    with <quote><literal>-</literal></quote>) and install it if
 	    it is missing.</para>
 	</sect2>