diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.sgml
index b60b84b50f..63db560d48 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/portbuild/article.sgml
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@
 	  are slow enough that it would be a waste of time
 	  to try and build <literal>BROKEN</literal> ports).
 	</para>
+	<note>
+	  <para>With <literal>-trybroken</literal>, you probably
+	    also want to use <literal>-fetch-original</literal>.</para>
+	</note>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>