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diff --git a/share/man/man7/ports.7 b/share/man/man7/ports.7
index a53fded4c3b..188079cc686 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/ports.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/ports.7
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ports.7,v 1.30 2003/03/15 18:19:53 avsm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ports.7,v 1.31 2003/03/16 16:36:47 avsm Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD: ports.7,v 1.7 1998/06/23 04:38:50 hoek Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 25, 1998
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Ports Collection
Ports Collection) offers a simple way
for users and administrators to install applications.
Each port contains any patches necessary to make the original
-application source code compile and run on BSD.
+application source code compile and run on
+.Ox .
Compiling an application is as simple as typing
.Ic make
in the port directory!
@@ -58,20 +59,13 @@ For more information about using ports, see
The
.Ox
Ports Mechanism
-(http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html).
+(http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html) and the
+.Ox
+FAQ (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/).
For information about creating new ports, see
-.\" .Xr porting 7
-.\" and
-Building an
+the
.Ox
-Port (http://www.openbsd.org/porting.html).
-Other excellent resources are the ports and porting sections of the
-.Fx
-Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports.html and
-http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/porting.html) as well as the
-.Nx
-Package System documentation
-(ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/Packages.txt).
+Porting Checklist (http://www.openbsd.org/checklist.html).
.Pp
For a detailed description of the build process, see
.Xr bsd.port.mk 5 .
@@ -494,11 +488,11 @@ Local network configuration.
.Pp
The
.Ox
-Porting Checklist: http://www.openbsd.org/checklist.html
+Ports Mechanism: http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html
.Pp
The
-.Fx
-handbook.
+.Ox
+Porting Checklist: http://www.openbsd.org/checklist.html
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was originated by
David O'Brien, from the