diff --git a/en/ports/categories b/en/ports/categories
index 624b7d565c..25bc426890 100755
--- a/en/ports/categories
+++ b/en/ports/categories
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "cad", "Computer Aided Design utilities.",
     "chinese", "Ported software for the Chinese market.",
     "comms", "Communications utilities.",
-    "converters", "Format conversion utilities..",
+    "converters", "Format conversion utilities.",
     "databases", "Database software.",
     "devel", "Software development utilities and libraries.",
     "deskutils", "Various Desktop utilities.",
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "emulators", "Utilities for emulating other OS types.",
     "games", "Various and sundry amusements.",
     "german", "Ported software for Germanic countries.",
+    "gnome", "Components of the Gnome Desktop environment.",
     "graphics", "Graphics libraries and utilities.",
     "japanese", "Ported software for the Japanese market.",
     "kde", "Software for the K Desktop Environment.",
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
     "offix", "An office automation suite of sorts.",
     "orphans", "Packages without a home elsewhere.",
     "palm", "Software support for the 3Com Palm(tm) series.",
-    "perl5", "Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language..",
+    "perl5", "Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language.",
     "plan9", "Software from the plan9 Operating System.",
     "print", "Utilities for dealing with printing.",
     "printing", "Utilities for dealing with printing.",