diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
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--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -2871,7 +2871,13 @@ LDCONFIG_DIRS=  %%PREFIX%%/lib/foo %%PREFIX%%/lib/bar</programlisting>
     <sect1>
       <title>Using GNOME</title>
 
-      <para></para>
+      <para>The FreeBSD/GNOME project uses a system called
+	<literal>GNOMENG</literal> to define which GNOME components a
+	particular port uses. A
+	<ulink url="http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/porting.html">comprehensive
+	list of these variables</ulink> exists within the FreeBSD/GNOME
+	project's homepage.</para>
+
     </sect1>
 
     <sect1>