diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index d0a582d626..2a0caffd77 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -6249,7 +6249,7 @@ pre-install:
 	or an earlier XFree86 release, respectively.</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir /var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>mtree -U -f /etc/mtree/BSD.<replaceable>port-type<replaceable>.dist -d -e -p /var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable></userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>mtree -U -f /etc/mtree/BSD.<replaceable>port-type</replaceable>.dist -d -e -p /var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable></userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make depends PREFIX=/var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
       <para>Store the directory structure in a new file.</para>