diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
index 672276d0b3..367fa4f549 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
@@ -16140,8 +16140,8 @@ exec %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/java -jar %%DATADIR%%/foo.jar "$@"</programlisting>
 
       <para>The threading library must be linked to the binaries using
 	a special linker flag <literal>-pthread</literal> on &os;.  If
-	a port insists on linking <literal>-lpthread</literal> or
-	<literal>-lc_r</literal> directly, patch it to use
+	a port insists on linking <literal>-lpthread</literal>
+	directly, patch it to use
 	<makevar>PTHREAD_LIBS</makevar> variable provided by the ports
 	framework.  This variable usually has the value of
 	<literal>-pthread</literal>, but on certain architectures and
@@ -16153,7 +16153,7 @@ exec %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/java -jar %%DATADIR%%/foo.jar "$@"</programlisting>
 	<para>If building the port errors out with
 	  <literal>unrecognized option '-pthread'</literal> when
 	  setting <makevar>PTHREAD_LIBS</makevar>, it may be desirable
-	  to use <command>gcc</command> as linker by setting
+	  to use <command>cc</command> as linker by setting
 	  <makevar>CONFIGURE_ENV</makevar> to
 	  <literal>LD=${CC}</literal>.  The
 	  <literal>-pthread</literal> option is not supported by