diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 1359f306e3..e1ca52ceac 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -3035,6 +3035,23 @@ PORTVERSION=   1.0</programlisting>
           <command>autoconf</command> to be run before
           <command>configure</command>.</para>
 
+	<note>
+	  <para>If your package uses GNU <command>configure</command>, and
+	    the resulting executable file has a <quote>strange</quote> name
+	    like
+	    <filename>i386-portbld-freebsd4.7-</filename><replaceable>appname</replaceable>,
+	    you will need to additionally override the
+	    <makevar>CONFIGURE_TARGET</makevar> variable to specify the
+	    target in the way required by scripts generated by recent
+	    versions of <command>autoconf</command>.  Add the following line
+	    immediately after the <literal>GNU_CONFIGURE=yes</literal> line
+	    in your <filename>Makefile</filename>:</para>
+
+	  <para>
+	    <literal>CONFIGURE_TARGET=--build=${MACHINE_ARCH}-portbld-freebsd${OSREL}</literal>
+	    </para>
+	</note>
+
         <para>If your package is an X application that creates
           <filename>Makefile</filename>s from <filename>Imakefile</filename>s
           using <command>imake</command>, then set