diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml
index 98eb6f1028..e547cdea4f 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml
@@ -3866,7 +3866,7 @@ SUB_LIST+=	OPT1="@comment " NO_OPT1=""
 	  <varname>USE_<replaceable>KEY</replaceable></varname>
 	  variable will be set to <replaceable>value</replaceable>.
 	  If <replaceable>value</replaceable> has spaces in it,
-	  replace them with commas, they will get back as spaces
+	  replace them with commas, they will be changed back to spaces
 	  during processing.  For example:</para>
 
 	<programlisting>OPTIONS_DEFINE=	OPT1