diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
index 9736964740..024e5b7802 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
@@ -912,12 +912,17 @@ Receiving lsof_4.57D.freebsd.tar.gz (439860 bytes): 100%
 	  list.</para>
 
 	<para>For users which cannot be connected all the time, the
-	  <command>make <makevar>fetch</makevar></command> option is
+	  <command>make <maketarget>fetch</maketarget></command> option is
 	  provided.  Just run this command at the top level directory
 	  (<filename>/usr/ports</filename>) and the required files
 	  will be downloaded for you.  This command will also work in
 	  the lower level categories, for example:
-	  <filename>/usr/ports/net</filename>.</para>
+	  <filename>/usr/ports/net</filename>.
+	  Note that if a port depends on libraries or other ports this will
+	  <emphasis>not</emphasis> fetch the distfiles of those ports too.
+	  Replace <maketarget>fetch</maketarget> with
+	  <maketarget>fetch-recursive</maketarget>
+	  if you want to fetch all the dependencies of a port too.</para>
 
 	<note><para>You can build all the ports in a category or as a
 	  whole by running <command>make</command> in the top level