diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.xml
index 108e90fd75..d19360f839 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.xml
@@ -185,9 +185,8 @@
 	      writing <acronym>CGI</acronym> scripts.</para>
 
 	    <para>Perl is available in the Ports Collection as
-	      <filename role="package">lang/perl5.8</filename> for all
-	      &os; releases, and is installed as <command>/usr/bin/perl</command>
-	      in the base system 4.X releases.</para>
+	      <filename role="package">lang/perl5.16</filename> for all
+	      &os; releases.</para>
 	  </listitem>
 	</varlistentry>