diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index c6ec4e7fb5..323966bab9 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -4957,8 +4957,7 @@ PLIST_SUB+=             NLS="@comment "
 	    <row>
 	      <entry><makevar>USE_MOTIF</makevar></entry>
 
-	      <entry>The port uses the Motif toolkit.  Implies
-		<makevar>USE_XPM</makevar>.</entry>
+	      <entry>The port uses the Motif toolkit.</entry>
 	    </row>
 
 	    <row>