diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
index 1786f0a35c..99b90a2cd0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
@@ -1055,10 +1055,9 @@ Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.13.5... done</screen>
       available in &man.ports.7;.</para>
 
     <warning>
-      <para>As of late 2012, the &os; Ports Project is in the
-	process of migrating revision control systems from CVS to
-	Subversion.  As a result, these instructions are in a state of
-	change.  The preferred mechanism for general ports use is
+      <para>As of mid 2012, the &os; Ports Project has migrated revision
+	control systems from CVS to Subversion.  The preferred method
+	for obtaining and maintaining the ports tree is
 	<application>Portsnap</application>.  Users requiring local
 	customization of ports (that is, maintaining additional local
 	patches) will probably prefer to use Subversion directly.  The