diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 41287ce11e..19299e0af7 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -3388,6 +3388,16 @@ ALWAYS_KEEP_DISTFILES=  yes
 		  building.</entry>
 	      </row>
 
+	      <row>
+		<entry><makevar>USE_CDRTOOLS</makevar></entry>
+
+		<entry>The port requires <application>cdrecord</application>
+		  either from <filename
+		  role="package">sysutils/cdrtools</filename> or <filename
+		  role="package">sysutils/cdrtools-cjk</filename>, according to
+		  the user's preference.</entry>
+	      </row>
+
 	      <row>
 		<entry><makevar>USE_GCC</makevar></entry>