diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.sgml
index 9f336d9c90..0580640c0e 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.sgml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
       <year>2008</year>
       <year>2009</year>
       <year>2010</year>
+      <year>2011</year>
       <holder role="mailto:portmgr@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Ports
 	Management Team</holder>
     </copyright>
@@ -1840,14 +1841,15 @@ touch /tmp/.boot_finished</screen>
       <title>Configuration on <literal>pointyhat</literal></title>
 
       <para>These steps need to be taken by a <literal>portmgr</literal>
-	acting as <literal>root</literal> on <hostid>pointyhat</hostid>.
+	acting as <literal>ports-<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable></literal>
+	on <hostid>pointyhat</hostid>.
       </para>
 
       <procedure>
 	<step>
 	  <para>If any of the default TCP ports is not available (see
 	    above), you will need to create an <command>ssh</command>
-	    tunnel for it and include it in the appropriate
+	    tunnel for it and include it in the
 	    <filename>crontab</filename>.</para>
 	</step>
 
@@ -1859,12 +1861,6 @@ touch /tmp/.boot_finished</screen>
 	    information.</para>
 	</step>
 
-	<step>
-	  <para>Add the public IP address to
-	    <filename>/etc/hosts.allow</filename>.  (Remember, multiple
-	    machines can be on the same IP address.)</para>
-	</step>
-
 	<step>
 	  <para>Create
 <filename>/var/portbuild/<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/clients/bindist-<replaceable>${hostname}</replaceable>.tar</filename>.
@@ -1876,8 +1872,24 @@ touch /tmp/.boot_finished</screen>
 		in a temporary directory.</para>
 	    </listitem>
 	    <listitem>
-	      <para>Customize <filename>etc/resolv.conf</filename> and
-	      <filename>etc/make.conf</filename> for the local site.</para>
+	      <para>Customize <filename>etc/resolv.conf</filename>
+	      for the local site.</para>
+	    </listitem>
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>Customize <filename>etc/make.conf</filename> for
+	      FTP fetches for the local site.  Note: the nulling-out
+	      of <makevar>MASTER_SITE_BACKUP</makevar> must be common
+	      to all nodes, but the first entry in
+	      <makevar>MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE</makevar> should be the
+	      nearest local FTP mirror.  Example:<screen><command>
+.if defined(FETCH_ORIGINAL)
+MASTER_SITE_BACKUP=
+.else
+MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE= \
+	ftp://<replaceable>friendly-local-ftp-mirror</replaceable>/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/ \
+	ftp://${BACKUP_FTP_SITE}/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
+.endif</command></screen>
+	      </para>
 	    </listitem>
 	    <listitem>
 	      <para><command>tar</command> it up and move it to the right
@@ -1886,8 +1898,10 @@ touch /tmp/.boot_finished</screen>
 	  </itemizedlist>
 
 	  <para>Hint: you will need one of these for each machine;
-	    however, if you have multiple machines at one site, you may
-	    be able to create a site-specific one and symlink to it.</para>
+	    however, if you have multiple machines at one site, you
+	    should create a site-specific one (e.g. in
+	    <filename>/var/portbuild/conf/clients/</filename>)
+	    and symlink to it.</para>
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
@@ -1919,6 +1933,18 @@ ssh_cmd="/usr/local/bin/ssh"
 </screen>
 	  </para>
 	</step>
+      </procedure>
+
+      <para>These steps need to be taken by a <literal>portmgr</literal>
+	acting as <literal>root</literal> on <hostid>pointyhat</hostid>.
+      </para>
+
+      <procedure>
+	<step>
+	  <para>Add the public IP address to
+	    <filename>/etc/hosts.allow</filename>.  (Remember, multiple
+	    machines can be on the same IP address.)</para>
+	</step>
 
 	<step>
 	  <para>Add an appropriate <literal>data_source</literal> entry to
@@ -1952,7 +1978,7 @@ ssh_cmd="/usr/local/bin/ssh"
 	<step>
 	  <para>Populate <filename>/var/portbuild/scripts/</filename>
 	    by something like
-	    <command>/var/portbuild/scripts/dosetupnode <replaceable>arch</replaceable> <replaceable>major</replaceable> <replaceable>latest</replaceable> <replaceable>hostname</replaceable></command>.
+	    <command>/var/portbuild/scripts/dosetupnode <replaceable>arch</replaceable> <replaceable>major</replaceable> latest <replaceable>hostname</replaceable></command>.
 	    Verify that you now have files in that directory.
 	  </para>
 	</step>