diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
index 4ea5e3c82b..f412c5ccaf 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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-     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml,v 1.136 2001/08/11 21:34:52 jim Exp $
+     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml,v 1.137 2001/08/16 18:35:06 chern Exp $
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 <chapter id="ports">
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ arcade game.</screen>
 	  <answer>
 	  <para>Yes, if you have installed the program and are fairly
 	    certain you will not need the source again, there is no
-	    point in keeping it hanging around.  The best way to do
+	    point in keeping it hanging around.  The surest way to do
 	    this is:</para>
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports</userinput>
@@ -1129,6 +1129,13 @@ arcade game.</screen>
 	  <para>which will go through all the ports subdirectories and
 	    delete everything except the skeletons for each
 	    port.</para>
+
+	  <tip><para>It is possible to achieve the same effect without
+		recursively calling each makefile.  For example, you
+		can delete all of the work subdirectories directly
+		with the following command:
+	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>find /usr/ports -depth -name work -exec rm -rf {} \;</userinput></screen></para>
+	    </tip>
 	  </answer>
 	</qandaentry>