diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
index 35d2263cef..cd5026e6b9 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
@@ -5775,52 +5775,6 @@ CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH=	&dollar;{WRKSRC}/subproject</programlisting>
       </sect2>
     </sect1>
 
-    <sect1 id="using-pkg-config">
-      <title>Using <literal>pkg-config</literal></title>
-
-      <para>If your ports requires <literal>pkg-config</literal>,
-	just set <makevar>USE_PKGCONFIG</makevar> to the following
-	possible values:</para>
-      <table frame="none">
-	<title>Values for <makevar>USE_PKGCONFIG</makevar></title>
-
-	<tgroup cols="2">
-	  <thead>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>Definition</entry>
-	      <entry>Description</entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </thead>
-
-	  <tbody>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><makevar>USE_PKGCONFIG= yes</makevar></entry>
-	      <entry>The ports uses pkg-config only at build
-		time</entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><makevar>USE_PKGCONFIG= build</makevar></entry>
-	      <entry>The ports uses pkg-config only at build
-		time</entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><makevar>USE_PKGCONFIG= run</makevar></entry>
-	      <entry>The ports uses pkg-config only at run
-		time</entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry><makevar>USE_PKGCONFIG= both</makevar></entry>
-	      <entry>The ports uses pkg-config both at build and run
-		time</entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </tbody>
-	</tgroup>
-      </table>
-    </sect1>
-
     <sect1 id="using-gettext">
       <title>Using GNU <literal>gettext</literal></title>
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
index 51fdbe2b60..942e01a14a 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,21 @@
     hierarchy.</entry>
 </row>
 
+<row>
+  <entry><literal>pkgconfig</literal></entry>
+
+  <entry>none, <literal>build</literal>, <literal>run</literal>,
+    <literal>both</literal></entry>
+
+  <entry>Implies that the port uses <filename
+      role="package">devel/pkgconf</filename> in one way or another.
+    With no arguments or with the <literal>build</literal>
+    argument, it implies <command>pkg-config</command> as a build-time
+    dependency; <literal>run</literal> implies a run-time dependency;
+    and <literal>both</literal> implies both run-time and build-time
+    dependencies.</entry>
+</row>
+
 <row>
   <entry><literal>qmail</literal></entry>
   <entry>none, <literal>build</literal>, <literal>run</literal>,