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 7fc2892da5..c8e174340f 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
@@ -1529,7 +1529,8 @@ USE_MATE=	menus:build intlhack</programlisting>
 
     <para>Possible arguments: (none),
       <literal><replaceable>version</replaceable></literal>,
-      <literal>server</literal>, <literal>embedded</literal></para>
+      <literal>client</literal> (default), <literal>server</literal>,
+      <literal>embedded</literal></para>
 
     <para>Provide support for <application>MySQL</application>.  If no
       version is given, try to find the current installed version.
@@ -1543,7 +1544,10 @@ USE_MATE=	menus:build intlhack</programlisting>
       <application>Percona</application> variants of
       <application>MySQL</application>.  <literal>server</literal> and
       <literal>embedded</literal> add a build- and run-time dependency
-      on the <application>MySQL</application> server.  A port can set
+      on the <application>MySQL</application> server.  When using
+      <literal>server</literal> or <literal>embedded</literal>, add
+      <literal>client</literal> to also add a dependency on
+      <filename>libmysqlclient.so</filename>.  A port can set
       <varname>IGNORE_WITH_MYSQL</varname> if some versions are not
       supported.</para>