diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 0784ff6d39..93138723ab 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -120,12 +120,7 @@
       <para>The minimal <filename>Makefile</filename> would look
 	something like this:</para>
 
-      <programlisting># New ports collection makefile for:	oneko
-# Date created:        5 December 1994
-# Whom:                asami
-#
-# &dollar;FreeBSD&dollar;
-#
+      <programlisting># &dollar;FreeBSD&dollar;
 
 PORTNAME=	oneko
 PORTVERSION=	1.1b
@@ -16289,20 +16284,10 @@ IGNORE=	POINTYHAT is not supported
       <filename>Makefile</filename>.</para>
 
     <programlisting>[the header...just to make it easier for us to identify the ports.]
-# New ports collection makefile for:   xdvi
-[the "version required" line is only needed when the PORTVERSION
- variable is not specific enough to describe the port.]
-# Date created:                26 May 1995
-[this is the person who did the original port to FreeBSD, in particular, the
-person who wrote the first version of this Makefile.  Remember, this should
-not be changed when upgrading the port later.]
-# Whom:                        Satoshi Asami &lt;asami@FreeBSD.org&gt;
-#
 # &dollar;FreeBSD&dollar;
 [ ^^^^^^^^^ This will be automatically replaced with RCS ID string by SVN
 when it is committed to our repository.  If upgrading a port, do not alter
 this line back to "&dollar;FreeBSD&dollar;".  SVN deals with it automatically.]
-#
 
 [section to describe the port itself and the master site - PORTNAME
  and PORTVERSION are always first, followed by CATEGORIES,