diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-why/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-why/chapter.xml
index 127c88b824..df49f36eb5 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-why/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-why/chapter.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     in mind when reading this document.</para>
 
   <para>In &os;, anyone may submit a new port, or volunteer to
-    maintain an existing port if it is unmaintained&mdash;you do not
-    need any special commit privileges to do so.</para>
+    maintain an existing unmaintained port. No special commit
+    privilege is needed.</para>
 </chapter>