diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 4ad5a950ff..ff46b86eb8 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -6088,7 +6088,7 @@ etc/orbit.conf.sample
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/ports/Tools/scripts/plist -Md -m /etc/mtree/BSD.<replaceable>port-type</replaceable>.dist /var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable> &gt; pkg-plist</userinput></screen>
 
-      <para>The packing list still have to be tidied up by hand as
+      <para>The packing list still has to be tidied up by hand as
 	stated above.</para>
 
     </sect1>