diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 5380ec99be..53d08675bd 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -3443,8 +3443,8 @@ ALWAYS_KEEP_DISTFILES=	yes
 	</listitem>
 
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>Names are capitalized (for example, Apache, JavaScript,
-	    Perl);</para>
+	  <para>Names are capitalized (for example, Apache,
+	    JavaScript, Perl);</para>
 	</listitem>
 
 	<listitem>
@@ -6352,9 +6352,9 @@ USE_XORG=	x11 xpm</programlisting>
 	  </tgroup>
 	</table>
 
-	<para>When <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> is set to <literal>3</literal>,
-	  some useful settings are passed to the <command>configure</command>
-	  script:</para>
+	<para>When <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> is set to
+	  <literal>3</literal>, some useful settings are passed to the
+	  <command>configure</command> script:</para>
 
 	<programlisting>CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-qt-includes=${QT_PREFIX}/include \
 			--with-qt-libraries=${QT_PREFIX}/lib \
@@ -6952,8 +6952,9 @@ USE_QT4=	moc_build qmake_build rcc_build uic_build</programlisting>
 
 	      <row>
 		<entry><makevar>JAVA_PORT_OS</makevar></entry>
-		<entry>The operating system used by the JDK port (e.g.,
-		  <literal>'native'</literal>).</entry>
+
+		<entry>The operating system used by the JDK port
+		  (e.g., <literal>'native'</literal>).</entry>
 	      </row>
 
 	      <row>
@@ -6971,8 +6972,8 @@ USE_QT4=	moc_build qmake_build rcc_build uic_build</programlisting>
 
 	      <row>
 		<entry><makevar>JAVA_PORT_VENDOR_DESCRIPTION</makevar></entry>
-		<entry>Description of the vendor of the JDK port (e.g.,
-		  <literal>'OpenJDK BSD Porting
+		<entry>Description of the vendor of the JDK port
+		  (e.g., <literal>'OpenJDK BSD Porting
 		    Team'</literal>).</entry>
 	      </row>