diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml
index 7ff9dcd493..4055ad46b0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       <filename>bsd.port.mk</filename> in another window while
       reading this really helps to understand it.</para>
 
-    <para>But do not worry not many people understand exactly how
+    <para>But do not worry, not many people understand exactly how
       <filename>bsd.port.mk</filename> is working...
       <!-- smiley --><emphasis>:-)</emphasis></para>
 
@@ -442,10 +442,10 @@ DOS2UNIX_REGEX=	.*\.([ch]|cpp)</programlisting>
       <programlisting>USES=	dos2unix
 DOS2UNIX_GLOB=	*.c *.cpp *.h</programlisting>
 
-      <para>If there are more than one distribution file and some
-	other than the default need to have files converted, the base
-	directory for the conversions can be changed so that they are
-	also converted.</para>
+
+      <para>The base directory for the conversion can be set.  This
+	is useful when there are multiple distfiles and several
+	contain files which require line-ending conversion.</para>
 
       <programlisting>USES=	dos2unix
 DOS2UNIX_WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}</programlisting>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
index 0680dc250a..c98f71be07 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
     <para>Possible arguments: (none)</para>
 
     <para>The port has files with line endings in
-      <acronym>DOS</acronym> format which need to be converted.  Four
+      <acronym>DOS</acronym> format which need to be converted.  Several
       variables can be set to control which files will be converted.
       The default is to convert <emphasis>all</emphasis> files,
       including binaries.  See <xref
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 
       <listitem>
 	<para><varname>DOS2UNIX_WRKSRC</varname>: the directory from
-	  which to start doing the conversions, defaults to
+	  which to start the conversions.  Defaults to
 	  <literal>${WRKSRC}</literal>.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>