diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/flavors/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/flavors/chapter.xml
index 5da4f3402e..492ceb6fee 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/flavors/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/flavors/chapter.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ py36_PLIST=	${.CURDIR}/pkg-plist-py3 <co xml:id="flavors-using-ex2-plist36"/></p
 	</listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
 
-      <para><varname>This list of helpers will append to their variable:</varname></para>
+      <para>This list of helpers will append to their variable:</para>
 
       <itemizedlist>
 	<listitem>