diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 4d30ab3a8b..9e4a8b2fea 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -4388,7 +4388,7 @@ PORTVERSION=	1.0</programlisting>
 	  already installed, list the other port names in the
 	  <makevar>CONFLICTS_BUILD</makevar> variable.  You can use
 	  shell globs like <literal>*</literal> and
-	  <literal>?</literal> here.  Packages names should be
+	  <literal>?</literal> here.  Package names should be
 	  enumerated the same way they appear in
 	  <filename>/var/db/pkg</filename>.  The CONFLICTS_BUILD check
 	  is done prior to the build stage.  Build conflicts are not