diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 6085e5f2c8..74c36d31cd 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -4698,6 +4698,22 @@ PORTVERSION=   1.0</programlisting>
 	  <filename>/usr/ports/LEGAL</filename> for every listed distribution
 	  file, describing exactly what the restriction entails.</para>
       </sect2>
+
+      <sect2>
+	<title>Examples</title>
+
+	<para>The preferred way to state "the distfiles for this port must be
+	  fetched manually" is as follows:<programlisting>
+.if !exists(${DISTDIR}/${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX})
+IGNORE=         may not be redistributed because of licensing reasons. Please visit <replaceable>some-website</replaceable> to accept their license and download ${DISTFILES} into ${DISTDIR}
+.endif</programlisting></para>
+
+	<para>This both informs the user, and sets the proper metadata on
+	  the user's machine for use by automated programs.</para>
+
+	<para>Note that this stanza must be preceded by an inclusion
+	  of <filename>bsd.port.pre.mk</filename>.</para>
+      </sect2>
     </sect1>
 
     <sect1 id="building">