diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
index 36094ce40d..ad0aebc1e3 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
@@ -2425,16 +2425,14 @@ doc/zh_*</screen>
 	determine which parts of the ports tree need to be updated
 	later.</para>
 
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap extract</userinput></screen>
+
       <note>
 	<para>In the default installation
 	  <filename role="directory">/usr/ports</filename> is not
 	  created.  It should be created before
-	  <application>portsnap</application> is used.</para>
-
-	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir /usr/ports</userinput></screen>
+	  <command>portsnap</command> is used.</para>
       </note>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap extract</userinput></screen>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2>