diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/pkg-files/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/pkg-files/chapter.xml
index 57d8b23a7d..c2d4d95ffb 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/pkg-files/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/pkg-files/chapter.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@
       <varname>LOCALBASE</varname>, <varname>DATADIR</varname>,
       <varname>DOCSDIR</varname>, <varname>EXAMPLESDIR</varname>,
       <varname>WWWDIR</varname>, and <varname>ETCDIR</varname>.  Any
-      line beginning with <literal>@comment </literal> will be deleted
+      line beginning with <literal>@comment</literal> folowed by a
+      space, will be deleted
       from resulting files after a variable substitution.</para>
 
     <para>This example replaces
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/plist/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/plist/chapter.xml
index d231df9022..19fed718f9 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/plist/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/plist/chapter.xml
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ PLIST_SUB+=	X11I386="@comment "
 
     <para>If there is a very good reason not to install a working
       configuration file by default, only list the sample filename in
-      <filename>pkg-plist</filename>, without the <literal>@sample
-	</literal> part, and add a <link
+      <filename>pkg-plist</filename>, without the
+      <literal>@sample</literal> followed by a space part, and add a
+      <link
 	linkend="porting-message">message</link> pointing out that the
       user must copy and edit the file before the software will
       work.</para>