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-rw-r--r--mail/atmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/autosig/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/batv-milter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/biabam/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/coolmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/couriergraph/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/crm114/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/cvsmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/elm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/exact/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/extmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/gensig/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/gotmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/gubby/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/hbiff/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/ifile/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/jamlib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/libesmtp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/librfc822/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/libvmime/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/mailgraph/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/majordomo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/mdpop3d/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/milter-manager/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/mime4j/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/minimalist/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/nmh/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/noattach/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/nocc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/openwebmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/ovs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/p3scan/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/pm-lib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/pop3lite/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/pop3vscan/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/poppassd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/poppy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/py-apolicy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/qscan/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/qsheff/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/quickml/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/raysfilter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/razor-agents/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/rbl-milter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/sentinel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/sid-milter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/smtprc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/spamcup/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/spamilter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/spamstats/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile10
-rw-r--r--mail/squirrelmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/tkrat2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/usendmail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/vacation/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/vbsfilter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/wmbiff/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--mail/xbuffy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/R-cran-sspir/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/abacus/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/abs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/ann/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/blitz++/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/calctool/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/carve/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/ccmath/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/cvc3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/djbfft/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/e/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/eukleides/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/eval/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/fflas-ffpack/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/foma/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/fricas/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/gambit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/givaro/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/glpk/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/gmm++/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/goblin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/gotoblas/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/hexcalc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/javaview/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/jsmath-fonts-sprite/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/jsmath-fonts/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/kash3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/libranlip/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/ltl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/metis/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/metis4/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/minisat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/open-axiom/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/orpie/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/pear-Math_Combinatorics/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/pecl-bitset/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/pecl-stats/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/plman/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/proofgeneral/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/py-munkres/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/py-pybloom/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/qalculate/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/reed-solomon/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/rngstreams/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/ruby-fftw3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/ruby-gnuplot/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/ruby-gsl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/ruby-numru_units/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/rubygem-numru-units/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/simd-viterbi/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/slgrace/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/stp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/superlu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/tetgen/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/triangle/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/truthtable/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/ump/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/unixstat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/wcalc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/wingz3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--math/wxMaxima/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/achievo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/bdelta/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/chmlib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/clex/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/color-theme.el/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/compat10x/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/compat7x/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/compat8x/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/compat9x/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/countrycodes/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/delay/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/e2fsprogs-libblkid/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/firestring/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/freeguide/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/gman/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/gnomehier/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/gone/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/hb/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/hello/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/hicolor-icon-theme/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/imerge/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/inplace/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/ipbt/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/jbidwatcher/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/latex-mk/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/lesspipe/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/lifelines/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/magicpoint/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/metromap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/nagios-base-logos/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/pipe/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/py-osd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/quranref/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/rtfm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/ruby-progressbar/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/seq2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/shuffle-db/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/tkcron/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/wmcalendar/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/wmwork/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/xiphos/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--misc/xmonad-log-applet/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/audacious/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/audiopreview/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/avinfo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/bsdbktr_tvtune/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/dtv/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/dvts/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/flvstreamer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/gavl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/gdialog/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/kaffeine/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/libdvbcsa/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/libxspf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/mpeg_stat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/mplayer-fonts/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/oqtencoder/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/vdpauinfo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/webcamd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/xawtv/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--multimedia/xvid/Makefile2
193 files changed, 197 insertions, 197 deletions
diff --git a/mail/atmail/Makefile b/mail/atmail/Makefile
index e7f651e51881..bfa3b1f464f0 100644
--- a/mail/atmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/atmail/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= atmailopen
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An Open Source Webmail Client
+COMMENT= Open Source Webmail Client
USE_PHP= mysql pcre session
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}
diff --git a/mail/autosig/Makefile b/mail/autosig/Makefile
index 8a82e67103b4..7f90300b5d54 100644
--- a/mail/autosig/Makefile
+++ b/mail/autosig/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= http://www.irendi.com/~msharpe/
MAINTAINER= leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A random .signature generator with header file included
+COMMENT= Random .signature generator with header file included
MAKEFILE= makefile
PLIST_FILES= bin/autosig
diff --git a/mail/batv-milter/Makefile b/mail/batv-milter/Makefile
index edb1093c2f1d..3a539eafb319 100644
--- a/mail/batv-milter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/batv-milter/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= umq@ueo.co.jp
-COMMENT= A milter for BATV (Bounce Address Tag Validation)
+COMMENT= Milter for BATV (Bounce Address Tag Validation)
USE_RC_SUBR= milter-batv
USE_OPENSSL= TRUE
diff --git a/mail/biabam/Makefile b/mail/biabam/Makefile
index f637586e55df..a1d557c221ae 100644
--- a/mail/biabam/Makefile
+++ b/mail/biabam/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= http://www.bayofrum.net/dist/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= crees@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A command-line attachment mailer
+COMMENT= Command-line attachment mailer
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/mail/coolmail/Makefile b/mail/coolmail/Makefile
index 334e0c7a3743..ddb17501584f 100644
--- a/mail/coolmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/coolmail/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=system/mail/biffs
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= udo.schweigert@siemens.com
-COMMENT= A Xbiff like mail tool with animated 3D graphics
+COMMENT= Xbiff like mail tool with animated 3D graphics
PLIST_FILES= bin/coolmail \
man/man1/coolmail.1.gz
diff --git a/mail/couriergraph/Makefile b/mail/couriergraph/Makefile
index 0a72ca5c05a2..675ea900ddd6 100644
--- a/mail/couriergraph/Makefile
+++ b/mail/couriergraph/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.oav.net/couriergraph/
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A RRDtool frontend for Courier statistics
+COMMENT= RRDtool frontend for Courier statistics
RUN_DEPENDS= rrdtool>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool \
p5-File-Tail>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-File-Tail
diff --git a/mail/crm114/Makefile b/mail/crm114/Makefile
index c26265fa5627..4e8343e5ae67 100644
--- a/mail/crm114/Makefile
+++ b/mail/crm114/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://crm114.sourceforge.net/tarballs/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-${CRM114RELEASENAME}.src
MAINTAINER= chalpin@cs.wisc.edu
-COMMENT= A Markov based SpamFilter
+COMMENT= Markov based SpamFilter
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/mail/cvsmail/Makefile b/mail/cvsmail/Makefile
index 071946b7ef24..75c2218e47c2 100644
--- a/mail/cvsmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/cvsmail/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= LOCAL/pgollucci
DISTNAME= mailutils-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A small program to add cvsweb links to FreeBSD commit messages
+COMMENT= Small program to add cvsweb links to FreeBSD commit messages
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
ALL_TARGET= cvsmail
diff --git a/mail/elm/Makefile b/mail/elm/Makefile
index 16048cf6cdfd..5d7233242fc7 100644
--- a/mail/elm/Makefile
+++ b/mail/elm/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://instinct.org/elm/files/tarballs/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A once-popular mail user agent, version 2.5.x
+COMMENT= Once-popular mail user agent, version 2.5.x
BUILD_DEPENDS= ispell:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/aspell-ispell
diff --git a/mail/exact/Makefile b/mail/exact/Makefile
index b8ad19d71eed..5a142a22d6d0 100644
--- a/mail/exact/Makefile
+++ b/mail/exact/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= http://adju.st/dist/exact/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A program that implements POP Before SMTP Relay Authentication
+COMMENT= Program that implements POP Before SMTP Relay Authentication
MAILUSER?= mailnull
MAILGROUP?= mailnull
diff --git a/mail/extmail/Makefile b/mail/extmail/Makefile
index d14b2c328348..ef8a77988a7b 100644
--- a/mail/extmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/extmail/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.chifeng.name/dist/extmail/ \
http://mirror3.extmail.net/dist/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A high performance webmail system
+COMMENT= High performance webmail system
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-Unix-Syslog>=0:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/p5-Unix-Syslog
diff --git a/mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile b/mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile
index 5950d68de26c..880ce7051b21 100644
--- a/mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ez-pine-gpg/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_v${DISTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A set of scripts to use gpg with Pine
+COMMENT= Set of scripts to use gpg with Pine
RUN_DEPENDS= gpg:${PORTSDIR}/security/gnupg
diff --git a/mail/gensig/Makefile b/mail/gensig/Makefile
index 622c1247ad5e..d4119fda411c 100644
--- a/mail/gensig/Makefile
+++ b/mail/gensig/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.geekthing.com/~robf/ware/gensig/ \
http://www.ooblick.com/software/gensig/
MAINTAINER= arensb+freebsd-ports@ooblick.com
-COMMENT= A random .signature generator
+COMMENT= Random .signature generator
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/mail/gotmail/Makefile b/mail/gotmail/Makefile
index 24e22a684afb..bd76076b7b09 100644
--- a/mail/gotmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/gotmail/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail perl5
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A script to fetch mail from a Hotmail or MSN mailbox
+COMMENT= Script to fetch mail from a Hotmail or MSN mailbox
RUN_DEPENDS= curl:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl \
p5-URI>=0:${PORTSDIR}/net/p5-URI \
diff --git a/mail/gubby/Makefile b/mail/gubby/Makefile
index 4681bb1663b8..4885e0445871 100644
--- a/mail/gubby/Makefile
+++ b/mail/gubby/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A program showing where new mail has been placed
+COMMENT= Program showing where new mail has been placed
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
diff --git a/mail/hbiff/Makefile b/mail/hbiff/Makefile
index 1f678d23904e..8d8c07155d11 100644
--- a/mail/hbiff/Makefile
+++ b/mail/hbiff/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://nuxi.ucdavis.edu/pub/misc/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= obrien
MAINTAINER= obrien@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A replacement for xbiff that handles popup window with mail headers
+COMMENT= Replacement for xbiff that handles popup window with mail headers
USE_XORG= x11
diff --git a/mail/ifile/Makefile b/mail/ifile/Makefile
index e6a8a3cafc37..d7d2476072ee 100644
--- a/mail/ifile/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ifile/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://people.csail.mit.edu/jrennie/ifile/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An application of machine learning to e-mail filtering
+COMMENT= Application of machine learning to e-mail filtering
USES= gmake
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/mail/jamlib/Makefile b/mail/jamlib/Makefile
index 796bb55c485c..6962a21f221c 100644
--- a/mail/jamlib/Makefile
+++ b/mail/jamlib/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A JAM subroutine library
+COMMENT= JAM subroutine library
USES= libtool
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/mail/libesmtp/Makefile b/mail/libesmtp/Makefile
index fa852d4c3679..8e06a30a20ec 100644
--- a/mail/libesmtp/Makefile
+++ b/mail/libesmtp/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.stafford.uklinux.net/libesmtp/ \
GENTOO/distfiles
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for posting electronic mail
+COMMENT= Library for posting electronic mail
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/mail/librfc822/Makefile b/mail/librfc822/Makefile
index 30969c3619f8..ce70e4f20c77 100644
--- a/mail/librfc822/Makefile
+++ b/mail/librfc822/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail devel
MASTER_SITES= http://cryp.to/librfc2822/
MAINTAINER= ismail@EnderUNIX.org
-COMMENT= A complete parser for RFC822 addresses
+COMMENT= Complete parser for RFC822 addresses
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/mail/libvmime/Makefile b/mail/libvmime/Makefile
index 53e0cc33f050..f0a8aaab4376 100644
--- a/mail/libvmime/Makefile
+++ b/mail/libvmime/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF/vmime/vmime/0.9
MAINTAINER= delphij@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An all-in-one Internet mail library
+COMMENT= All-in-one Internet mail library
LIB_DEPENDS+= libgnutls.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/gnutls
LIB_DEPENDS+= libgsasl.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/gsasl
diff --git a/mail/mailgraph/Makefile b/mail/mailgraph/Makefile
index b45e58557dfa..ddafec2633cb 100644
--- a/mail/mailgraph/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mailgraph/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://mailgraph.schweikert.ch/pub/ \
http://mailgraph.schweikert.ch/pub/old/
MAINTAINER= rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A RRDtool frontend for Postfix statistics
+COMMENT= RRDtool frontend for Postfix statistics
RUN_DEPENDS= rrdtool>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool \
p5-File-Tail>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-File-Tail
diff --git a/mail/majordomo/Makefile b/mail/majordomo/Makefile
index 5cd979fa94ab..f612577c3fd1 100644
--- a/mail/majordomo/Makefile
+++ b/mail/majordomo/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.nuug.no/pub/anders/distfiles/ \
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A mailing list manager
+COMMENT= Mailing list manager
USES= shebangfix perl5
diff --git a/mail/mdpop3d/Makefile b/mail/mdpop3d/Makefile
index db5f60d9d65e..b6549b8ec416 100644
--- a/mail/mdpop3d/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mdpop3d/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.corpit.ru/home/mjt/mdpop3d/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple and small POP3 daemon implementation with Maildir support
+COMMENT= Simple and small POP3 daemon implementation with Maildir support
PLIST_FILES= libexec/mdpop3d man/man8/mdpop3d.8.gz
diff --git a/mail/milter-manager/Makefile b/mail/milter-manager/Makefile
index 950e92021c62..d2bbde12b549 100644
--- a/mail/milter-manager/Makefile
+++ b/mail/milter-manager/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail ruby
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME:S/-/%20/}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A super milter that can invoke several milters selectively
+COMMENT= Super milter that can invoke several milters selectively
LICENSE= AGPLv3 GFDL GPLv3 LGPL3
LICENSE_COMB= multi
diff --git a/mail/mime4j/Makefile b/mail/mime4j/Makefile
index d91240c5a2ff..c285b033dcc2 100644
--- a/mail/mime4j/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mime4j/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= james/${PORTNAME}
DISTNAME= apache-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-bin
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Java parser for e-mail message streams
+COMMENT= Java parser for e-mail message streams
LICENSE= APACHE20
diff --git a/mail/minimalist/Makefile b/mail/minimalist/Makefile
index c3cc346c64c9..0199f7cd6506 100644
--- a/mail/minimalist/Makefile
+++ b/mail/minimalist/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.mml.org.ua/LIST/ \
http://utenti.gufi.org/~gmarco/files/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= gmarco@gufi.org
-COMMENT= A minimalistic mailing list manager
+COMMENT= Minimalistic mailing list manager
USES= shebangfix perl5
USE_PERL5= run
diff --git a/mail/nmh/Makefile b/mail/nmh/Makefile
index 44101a484706..02455f282396 100644
--- a/mail/nmh/Makefile
+++ b/mail/nmh/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_SAVANNAH}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= nmh
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A cleaned up MH mailer suite
+COMMENT= Cleaned up MH mailer suite
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
diff --git a/mail/noattach/Makefile b/mail/noattach/Makefile
index 35ca8390af81..aa56dcaa1fdc 100644
--- a/mail/noattach/Makefile
+++ b/mail/noattach/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/noattach/
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An attachment filter for Sendmail Milter
+COMMENT= Attachment filter for Sendmail Milter
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_RC_SUBR= noattach
diff --git a/mail/nocc/Makefile b/mail/nocc/Makefile
index 5428253331f5..7c63e143f522 100644
--- a/mail/nocc/Makefile
+++ b/mail/nocc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail www
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/NOCC/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A webmail system which access POP3 and IMAP mail servers
+COMMENT= Webmail system which access POP3 and IMAP mail servers
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
diff --git a/mail/openwebmail/Makefile b/mail/openwebmail/Makefile
index 27c3adef5d79..f6ddc966df8f 100644
--- a/mail/openwebmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/openwebmail/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://openwebmail.acatysmoof.com/download/%SUBDIR%/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR?= release
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A webmail system designed to manage big mail folder files efficiently
+COMMENT= Webmail system designed to manage big mail folder files efficiently
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-Text-Iconv>=0:${PORTSDIR}/converters/p5-Text-Iconv
diff --git a/mail/ovs/Makefile b/mail/ovs/Makefile
index 969cb0f73ba4..4a1c94a3b00c 100644
--- a/mail/ovs/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ovs/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.oav.net/openvisp/stats/ \
http://mirror.amdmi3.ru/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A RRDtool frontend for mail statistics
+COMMENT= RRDtool frontend for mail statistics
RUN_DEPENDS= rrdtool>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool \
p5-File-Tail>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-File-Tail
diff --git a/mail/p3scan/Makefile b/mail/p3scan/Makefile
index a0af6f013517..84018284c7be 100644
--- a/mail/p3scan/Makefile
+++ b/mail/p3scan/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail net
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}%20%28stable%29/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities
+COMMENT= Transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities
LIB_DEPENDS= pcre.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
diff --git a/mail/pm-lib/Makefile b/mail/pm-lib/Makefile
index ba996bfec176..9e9015b8efc0 100644
--- a/mail/pm-lib/Makefile
+++ b/mail/pm-lib/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= procmail-lib
DISTNAME= procmail-lib-2009.1202
MAINTAINER= pclin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of procmail plug-in modules
+COMMENT= Collection of procmail plug-in modules
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/mail/pop3lite/Makefile b/mail/pop3lite/Makefile
index d1e8e57c20f1..09eb9b747767 100644
--- a/mail/pop3lite/Makefile
+++ b/mail/pop3lite/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A flexible, modular RFC-compliant POP3 daemon
+COMMENT= Flexible, modular RFC-compliant POP3 daemon
USE_AUTOTOOLS= libtool libltdl
USE_GNOME= glib12
diff --git a/mail/pop3vscan/Makefile b/mail/pop3vscan/Makefile
index fd5f4e30852b..73f18afb7c96 100644
--- a/mail/pop3vscan/Makefile
+++ b/mail/pop3vscan/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities
+COMMENT= Transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities
LIB_DEPENDS= pcre.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
diff --git a/mail/poppassd/Makefile b/mail/poppassd/Makefile
index 7102c4e46c28..857e3e818f86 100644
--- a/mail/poppassd/Makefile
+++ b/mail/poppassd/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= pwserve-4
EXTRACT_SUFX=
MAINTAINER= tedm@ipinc.net
-COMMENT= A server to allow users to change their password from within Eudora
+COMMENT= Server to allow users to change their password from within Eudora
EXTRACT_CMD= ${CAT}
EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS=
diff --git a/mail/poppy/Makefile b/mail/poppy/Makefile
index 65124c7690ef..7fa60e6ae798 100644
--- a/mail/poppy/Makefile
+++ b/mail/poppy/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= http://www.cnpbagwell.com/
MAINTAINER= kevlo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A client to perform simple tasks with a POP3/IMAP server
+COMMENT= Client to perform simple tasks with a POP3/IMAP server
USES= shebangfix
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile b/mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile
index 2f66c39004a5..4dc1baec82b8 100644
--- a/mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile
+++ b/mail/postfix-postfwd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.${PORTNAME}.org/old/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= postfix-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A postfix firewall policy daemon
+COMMENT= Postfix firewall policy daemon
LICENSE= BSD
diff --git a/mail/py-apolicy/Makefile b/mail/py-apolicy/Makefile
index aa9f20d3678b..2a6c918a3d3c 100644
--- a/mail/py-apolicy/Makefile
+++ b/mail/py-apolicy/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.gna.org/apolicy/%SUBDIR%/ \
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER?= chifeng@gmail.com
-COMMENT= An ACL system for Postfix, as a policy daemon
+COMMENT= ACL system for Postfix, as a policy daemon
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/spf.py:${PORTSDIR}/mail/py-spf \
${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/IPy.py:${PORTSDIR}/net-mgmt/py-ipy
diff --git a/mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile b/mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile
index b0ec7e838862..21a8d6c43567 100644
--- a/mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile
+++ b/mail/qmailmrtg7/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail net-mgmt
MASTER_SITES= http://www.inter7.com/qmailmrtg7/
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A program to create mrtg graphs for qmail activity
+COMMENT= Program to create mrtg graphs for qmail activity
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/mail/qscan/Makefile b/mail/qscan/Makefile
index bba962d2c499..9498dda2a53a 100644
--- a/mail/qscan/Makefile
+++ b/mail/qscan/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/qscan/ \
ftp://ftp.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/misc/qscan/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A mail filter for Qmail that scans messages with ClamAV
+COMMENT= Mail filter for Qmail that scans messages with ClamAV
RUN_DEPENDS= clamdscan:${PORTSDIR}/security/clamav \
ripmime:${PORTSDIR}/mail/ripmime
diff --git a/mail/qsheff/Makefile b/mail/qsheff/Makefile
index a3a2246bcadc..2619e6191cb4 100644
--- a/mail/qsheff/Makefile
+++ b/mail/qsheff/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.enderunix.org/qsheff/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/.r/-r/}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A qmail-queue replacement to filter mail traffic
+COMMENT= Qmail-queue replacement to filter mail traffic
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/ripmime:${PORTSDIR}/mail/ripmime
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/mail/quickml/Makefile b/mail/quickml/Makefile
index 1ab5efff6568..17ec39355696 100644
--- a/mail/quickml/Makefile
+++ b/mail/quickml/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= http://0xcc.net/quickml/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An easy-to-use mailing list system
+COMMENT= Easy-to-use mailing list system
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/mail/raysfilter/Makefile b/mail/raysfilter/Makefile
index 3bef48d939de..8cb9cbf50fd9 100644
--- a/mail/raysfilter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/raysfilter/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=dinoex
DISTNAME= rays-filter-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A configurable filter for Sendmail Milter
+COMMENT= Configurable filter for Sendmail Milter
CTARGETS+= rays-filter
CFLAGS+= -Wall ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS:S=""==}
diff --git a/mail/razor-agents/Makefile b/mail/razor-agents/Makefile
index 4746736edcc6..f6970cfad526 100644
--- a/mail/razor-agents/Makefile
+++ b/mail/razor-agents/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF/razor/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network
+COMMENT= Distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network
LICENSE= ART10
diff --git a/mail/rbl-milter/Makefile b/mail/rbl-milter/Makefile
index a4fb61c9d968..33ebb113e609 100644
--- a/mail/rbl-milter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rbl-milter/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= http://opensource.confusticate.com/rbl-milter/
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A milter that adds mail header warnings on mail from open-relays
+COMMENT= Milter that adds mail header warnings on mail from open-relays
USES= gmake
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile b/mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile
index 367122857374..e67be6c0a540 100644
--- a/mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ruby-rfilter/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= rubyfilter-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library for filtering and delivering email to mailboxes
+COMMENT= Ruby library for filtering and delivering email to mailboxes
RUN_DEPENDS= ${RUBY_SITELIBDIR}/rmail/parser.rb:${PORTSDIR}/mail/ruby-rmail
diff --git a/mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile b/mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile
index cb4164b2bcaa..599c1cc43a31 100644
--- a/mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/ruby-rmail/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= rubymail-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A lightweight mail manipulating library for Ruby
+COMMENT= Lightweight mail manipulating library for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_SETUP= yes
diff --git a/mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile
index 45f0aa197a62..aff6f8e20c08 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-mailfactory/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple to use module for generating RGC compliant MIME mail
+COMMENT= Simple to use module for generating RGC compliant MIME mail
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-mime-types>=1.13.1:${PORTSDIR}/misc/rubygem-mime-types
diff --git a/mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile
index 7288d53ad75f..1cd8d945fab8 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-qmail/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby qmail library
+COMMENT= Ruby qmail library
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-rspec>=1.2.9:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-rspec
diff --git a/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
index 6ea3a9a6fd74..ff03920c0633 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A RFC2822/MIME compliant mail manipulating library for Ruby
+COMMENT= RFC2822/MIME compliant mail manipulating library for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile
index cf38547258b7..b9e2f50a2b70 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-vmail/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= hhyou@cs.nctu.edu.tw
-COMMENT= A Vim interface to Gmail
+COMMENT= Vim interface to Gmail
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-mail>=2.2.12:${PORTSDIR}/mail/rubygem-mail \
rubygem-highline>=1.6.1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-highline \
diff --git a/mail/sentinel/Makefile b/mail/sentinel/Makefile
index 62cca5d187e4..6ed5f6a0b004 100644
--- a/mail/sentinel/Makefile
+++ b/mail/sentinel/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF/smfilter/${PORTNAME}/Sentinel%20${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A sendmail milter API implementation
+COMMENT= Sendmail milter API implementation
LIB_DEPENDS= libpcre.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
diff --git a/mail/sid-milter/Makefile b/mail/sid-milter/Makefile
index 98797e4e2495..0e1c66306914 100644
--- a/mail/sid-milter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/sid-milter/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/SenderID%20Milter/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An sid and spf milter for Sendmail
+COMMENT= sid and spf milter for Sendmail
RESTRICTED= May incorporate intellectual property, possible patent issues
diff --git a/mail/smtprc/Makefile b/mail/smtprc/Makefile
index cae0d932fe90..6bbd0dd3248c 100644
--- a/mail/smtprc/Makefile
+++ b/mail/smtprc/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A scanner for open SMTP relays
+COMMENT= Scanner for open SMTP relays
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS GUI
diff --git a/mail/spamcup/Makefile b/mail/spamcup/Makefile
index 623096d309c8..9bd12a2ffeee 100644
--- a/mail/spamcup/Makefile
+++ b/mail/spamcup/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for automatic spam reporting via Spamcop.net
+COMMENT= Tool for automatic spam reporting via Spamcop.net
LICENSE= GPLv1
diff --git a/mail/spamilter/Makefile b/mail/spamilter/Makefile
index b774808e1944..074c7461d544 100644
--- a/mail/spamilter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/spamilter/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= dinoex
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Sendmail LibMilter filter to block spam
+COMMENT= Sendmail LibMilter filter to block spam
LICENSE= BSD4CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/mail/spamstats/Makefile b/mail/spamstats/Makefile
index 8619e8cda9eb..7b33865259bd 100644
--- a/mail/spamstats/Makefile
+++ b/mail/spamstats/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= leeym
MAINTAINER= leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to generate statistics for spamd of Mail::SpamAssassin
+COMMENT= Tool to generate statistics for spamd of Mail::SpamAssassin
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-Date-Manip>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Date-Manip \
p5-Compress-Bzip2>=2.08:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/p5-Compress-Bzip2
diff --git a/mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile b/mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile
index b02bdfa84bb7..73e68dd03aff 100644
--- a/mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/mail/squirrelmail-plugins/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
# Created by: Gerrit Beine <gerrit.beine@gmx.de>
# $FreeBSD$
-PORTNAME= squirrelmail-plugins
+PORTNAME= squirrelmail-plugins
PORTVERSION= 1.0
PORTREVISION= 2
-CATEGORIES= mail www
+CATEGORIES= mail www
MASTER_SITES= # none
-DISTFILES= # none
+DISTFILES= # none
-MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A "meta-port" to install SquirrelMail plugins
+MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT= "meta-port" to install SquirrelMail plugins
NO_BUILD= yes
NO_MTREE= yes
diff --git a/mail/squirrelmail/Makefile b/mail/squirrelmail/Makefile
index 3f78524d5acc..83e4950986d9 100644
--- a/mail/squirrelmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/squirrelmail/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}_0200-SVN.stable
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= adamw@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A webmail system which accesses mail over IMAP
+COMMENT= Webmail system which accesses mail over IMAP
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/mail/tkrat2/Makefile b/mail/tkrat2/Makefile
index 7defdadde5d3..257f9452aa65 100644
--- a/mail/tkrat2/Makefile
+++ b/mail/tkrat2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://tkrat.org/downloads/stable/ \
ftp://ftp.tkrat.org/pub/tkrat/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A mail user agent for X with a Tcl/Tk user interface
+COMMENT= Mail user agent for X with a Tcl/Tk user interface
LIB_DEPENDS= tcl84:${PORTSDIR}/lang/tcl84 \
tk84:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/tk84 \
diff --git a/mail/usendmail/Makefile b/mail/usendmail/Makefile
index 6ba8fa21513f..b1ee3cad3592 100644
--- a/mail/usendmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/usendmail/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail
MASTER_SITES= http://www.ohse.de/uwe/usendmail/
MAINTAINER= tmseck@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A replacement for qmail's sendmail drop-in
+COMMENT= Replacement for qmail's sendmail drop-in
USES= qmail
diff --git a/mail/vacation/Makefile b/mail/vacation/Makefile
index 745f3c232017..1db4532273a1 100644
--- a/mail/vacation/Makefile
+++ b/mail/vacation/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= pool/main/v/vacation/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu
-COMMENT= A email autoresponder, similar to vacation from sendmail
+COMMENT= Email autoresponder, similar to vacation from sendmail
USE_BDB= yes
diff --git a/mail/vbsfilter/Makefile b/mail/vbsfilter/Makefile
index a47244fc2888..89f170707294 100644
--- a/mail/vbsfilter/Makefile
+++ b/mail/vbsfilter/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .c
EXTRACT_ONLY= # empty
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A vbs-attachment filter for Sendmail Milter
+COMMENT= Vbs-attachment filter for Sendmail Milter
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile b/mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile
index 9c8c9378fb8d..0398ee57eddb 100644
--- a/mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile
+++ b/mail/vm-pop3d/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE} \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= system/mail/pop
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A virtual POP3 server
+COMMENT= Virtual POP3 server
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/mail/wmbiff/Makefile b/mail/wmbiff/Makefile
index b34cff8ffc25..0e4b3fced4b9 100644
--- a/mail/wmbiff/Makefile
+++ b/mail/wmbiff/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= mail windowmaker afterstep
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An xbiff-like Window Maker dock app
+COMMENT= xbiff-like Window Maker dock app
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/mail/xbuffy/Makefile b/mail/xbuffy/Makefile
index fa7aede567dc..da95a875c03e 100644
--- a/mail/xbuffy/Makefile
+++ b/mail/xbuffy/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs/xbuffy/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-3.3.bl.3
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A replacement for xbiff that handles multiple mail files
+COMMENT= Replacement for xbiff that handles multiple mail files
USE_XORG= xext xt xaw
USES= gmake
diff --git a/math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/Makefile b/math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/Makefile
index 767ae382e61d..95994600ebe2 100644
--- a/math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/Makefile
+++ b/math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= dbn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A R SVG graphics device
+COMMENT= R SVG graphics device
LICENSE= GPLv2 GPLv3
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/math/R-cran-sspir/Makefile b/math/R-cran-sspir/Makefile
index c4c7fdb85843..18cdc4f02d2d 100644
--- a/math/R-cran-sspir/Makefile
+++ b/math/R-cran-sspir/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/sspir/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A glm-like formula to define dynamic generalized linear models
+COMMENT= glm-like formula to define dynamic generalized linear models
RUN_DEPENDS= R-cran-mvtnorm>=0.9.96_11:${PORTSDIR}/math/R-cran-mvtnorm \
R-cran-KFAS>=0.9.11_3:${PORTSDIR}/math/R-cran-KFAS
diff --git a/math/abacus/Makefile b/math/abacus/Makefile
index c5a15bcfaa62..4510bddc96af 100644
--- a/math/abacus/Makefile
+++ b/math/abacus/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/abacus/
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Branch-And-CUt System
+COMMENT= Branch-And-CUt System
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/math/abs/Makefile b/math/abs/Makefile
index 341b75bc0980..2882b1aab28c 100644
--- a/math/abs/Makefile
+++ b/math/abs/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://utenti.gufi.org/~gmarco/files/distfiles/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-src-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= gmarco@gufi.org
-COMMENT= A free spreadsheet with graphical user interface
+COMMENT= Free spreadsheet with graphical user interface
PLIST_FILES= bin/abs
USE_XORG= x11 xpm xaw
diff --git a/math/ann/Makefile b/math/ann/Makefile
index 3b5fd068fa0a..03b15e7d6025 100644
--- a/math/ann/Makefile
+++ b/math/ann/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mount/ANN/Files/1.1.2/
DISTNAME= ann_1.1.2
MAINTAINER= tzhuan@csie.org
-COMMENT= A Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Searching
+COMMENT= Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Searching
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/ann_1.1.2
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/math/blitz++/Makefile b/math/blitz++/Makefile
index 225cb05db992..352ee8674d8c 100644
--- a/math/blitz++/Makefile
+++ b/math/blitz++/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/blitz/blitz/Blitz%2B%2B%20${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= blitz-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C++ class library for scientific computing
+COMMENT= C++ class library for scientific computing
.ifndef NOPORTDOCS
BUILD_DEPENDS= dvips:${PORTSDIR}/print/dvipsk-tetex \
diff --git a/math/calctool/Makefile b/math/calctool/Makefile
index ba4e460fc91d..9a32f3b05380 100644
--- a/math/calctool/Makefile
+++ b/math/calctool/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= LOCAL/nsayer
DISTNAME= calctool-2.4pl13
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A multi-GUI (terminal, X, XView) calculator program
+COMMENT= Multi-GUI (terminal, X, XView) calculator program
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/math/carve/Makefile b/math/carve/Makefile
index fd315ef69d5c..e605f656cd37 100644
--- a/math/carve/Makefile
+++ b/math/carve/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast, robust constructive solid geometry library
+COMMENT= Fast, robust constructive solid geometry library
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/math/ccmath/Makefile b/math/ccmath/Makefile
index 87b8cb454118..5db8f8572d94 100644
--- a/math/ccmath/Makefile
+++ b/math/ccmath/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= libs
MAINTAINER= db@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A mathematics library with many different functions
+COMMENT= Mathematics library with many different functions
LICENSE= LGPL20
diff --git a/math/cvc3/Makefile b/math/cvc3/Makefile
index 87335a9c3da6..2a4c08581394 100644
--- a/math/cvc3/Makefile
+++ b/math/cvc3/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://www.cs.nyu.edu/acsys/cvc3/download/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= lwhsu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An automatic theorem prover for the SMT problem
+COMMENT= Automatic theorem prover for the SMT problem
LIB_DEPENDS= gmp:${PORTSDIR}/math/gmp
diff --git a/math/djbfft/Makefile b/math/djbfft/Makefile
index 3247bb44985a..0f4c40633ce3 100644
--- a/math/djbfft/Makefile
+++ b/math/djbfft/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://cr.yp.to/djbfft/
MAINTAINER= multimedia@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extremely fast library for floating-point convolution
+COMMENT= Extremely fast library for floating-point convolution
LEGAL_TEXT= No license -- see http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html
diff --git a/math/e/Makefile b/math/e/Makefile
index 17f802027f31..4b5d19a8c21c 100644
--- a/math/e/Makefile
+++ b/math/e/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://www.softnet.tuc.gr/~apdim/projects/e/
MAINTAINER= snowy@netphile.de
-COMMENT= A tiny expression evaluator
+COMMENT= Tiny expression evaluator
MAKEFILE= makefile
ALL_TARGET= e
diff --git a/math/eukleides/Makefile b/math/eukleides/Makefile
index cff857bbbada..36920da49cea 100644
--- a/math/eukleides/Makefile
+++ b/math/eukleides/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://www.eukleides.org/files/
MAINTAINER= ashish@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Euclidean geometry drawing language
+COMMENT= Euclidean geometry drawing language
LICENSE= GPLv3
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/math/eval/Makefile b/math/eval/Makefile
index 2bf7325e6988..9ec2e4fd9eb1 100644
--- a/math/eval/Makefile
+++ b/math/eval/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= Eval${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .lha
MAINTAINER= slaven@rezic.de
-COMMENT= A full featured floating point expression evaluator
+COMMENT= Full featured floating point expression evaluator
USES= lha
diff --git a/math/fflas-ffpack/Makefile b/math/fflas-ffpack/Makefile
index 3f4aa57a49da..425c8764db4e 100644
--- a/math/fflas-ffpack/Makefile
+++ b/math/fflas-ffpack/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://linalg.org/ LOCAL/bf
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for dense linear algebra over word-size finite fields
+COMMENT= Library for dense linear algebra over word-size finite fields
LICENSE= LGPL20
diff --git a/math/foma/Makefile b/math/foma/Makefile
index fe87c003ea3e..516215b2993d 100644
--- a/math/foma/Makefile
+++ b/math/foma/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A toolkit for constructing finite-state automata and transducers
+COMMENT= Toolkit for constructing finite-state automata and transducers
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/math/fricas/Makefile b/math/fricas/Makefile
index 1e6036b993af..bf4097a471df 100644
--- a/math/fricas/Makefile
+++ b/math/fricas/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= stephen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A computer algebra system, forked from axiom
+COMMENT= Computer algebra system, forked from axiom
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/license/LICENSE.AXIOM
diff --git a/math/gambit/Makefile b/math/gambit/Makefile
index 7db5a25a6a5e..61441992a4f6 100644
--- a/math/gambit/Makefile
+++ b/math/gambit/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= SF/gambit/${PORTNAME}13/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library of tools for doing computation in game theory
+COMMENT= Library of tools for doing computation in game theory
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/math/givaro/Makefile b/math/givaro/Makefile
index f999a91e289d..248b2fba8772 100644
--- a/math/givaro/Makefile
+++ b/math/givaro/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= https://forge.imag.fr/frs/download.php/133/ LOCAL/bf
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C++ library for computer algebra
+COMMENT= C++ library for computer algebra
LICENSE= CeCILL-Bv1
LICENSE_NAME= Ce[a] C[nrs] I[nria] L[ogiciel] L[ibre] B license, version 1
diff --git a/math/glpk/Makefile b/math/glpk/Makefile
index 8a7512527f04..96c194068e05 100644
--- a/math/glpk/Makefile
+++ b/math/glpk/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= glpk
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A GNU Linear Programming Kit
+COMMENT= GNU Linear Programming Kit
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/math/gmm++/Makefile b/math/gmm++/Makefile
index a4dc29cc0f0d..4978e2e0d05e 100644
--- a/math/gmm++/Makefile
+++ b/math/gmm++/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.gna.org/getfem/stable/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME:S/+//g}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= kde@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A generic matrix template library
+COMMENT= Generic matrix template library
# Note: even though the port's COPYING file mentions gmm++ is licensed under
# the LGPL version 2.1 with the GCC runtime exception,
diff --git a/math/goblin/Makefile b/math/goblin/Makefile
index 12944746f2b0..10e329a47846 100644
--- a/math/goblin/Makefile
+++ b/math/goblin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}.${DISTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Graph Object Library for Network Programming Problems
+COMMENT= Graph Object Library for Network Programming Problems
CONFLICTS= glpk-*
diff --git a/math/gotoblas/Makefile b/math/gotoblas/Makefile
index 218b7d6165c6..7102faad8588 100644
--- a/math/gotoblas/Makefile
+++ b/math/gotoblas/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DISTFILES= GotoBLAS2-${GOTOBLAS2VER}_bsd.tar.gz \
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${GOTOBLAS2_SRCFILE}
MAINTAINER= maho@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast implementation of Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
+COMMENT= Fast implementation of Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/00License.txt
diff --git a/math/hexcalc/Makefile b/math/hexcalc/Makefile
index bfecdf75abee..72af42fc5ee9 100644
--- a/math/hexcalc/Makefile
+++ b/math/hexcalc/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tar.Z
MAINTAINER= jhs@berklix.com
-COMMENT= A multi-radix calculator for x11
+COMMENT= Multi-radix calculator for x11
# XORG_CAT= app
# USE_IMAKE= yes
diff --git a/math/javaview/Makefile b/math/javaview/Makefile
index ea701b15db96..729fb7a63bf7 100644
--- a/math/javaview/Makefile
+++ b/math/javaview/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES= javaview.zip jv_models.zip jv_tutor.zip
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A 3D viewer and a mathematical visualization software
+COMMENT= 3D viewer and a mathematical visualization software
RUN_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
diff --git a/math/jsmath-fonts-sprite/Makefile b/math/jsmath-fonts-sprite/Makefile
index 3fcfe9c61d7b..488797aaf16a 100644
--- a/math/jsmath-fonts-sprite/Makefile
+++ b/math/jsmath-fonts-sprite/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/download/ \
http://nivi.interfree.it/distfiles/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A sprite fonts pack for jsMath
+COMMENT= Sprite fonts pack for jsMath
USES= zip
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/math/jsmath-fonts/Makefile b/math/jsmath-fonts/Makefile
index fec497479d96..8b8318914eca 100644
--- a/math/jsmath-fonts/Makefile
+++ b/math/jsmath-fonts/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/download/ \
http://nivi.interfree.it/distfiles/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A raster fonts pack for jsmath
+COMMENT= Raster fonts pack for jsmath
USES= zip
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/math/kash3/Makefile b/math/kash3/Makefile
index d455933361cb..6d3230289cb6 100644
--- a/math/kash3/Makefile
+++ b/math/kash3/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.math.tu-berlin.de/pub/algebra/Kant/Kash_3/ \
DISTFILES= ${PORTNAME:tu}-${ELFTYPE}-i686-${PORTVERSION:S|.|-|g}.tar.bz2
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A computer algebra system for computing in algebraic number fields
+COMMENT= Computer algebra system for computing in algebraic number fields
RUN_DEPENDS= curl:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl
diff --git a/math/libranlip/Makefile b/math/libranlip/Makefile
index c2f7535fe94f..c1fe9519b07f 100644
--- a/math/libranlip/Makefile
+++ b/math/libranlip/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= LOCAL/bf \
http://www.deakin.edu.au/~gleb/
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A random variate generator for Lipschitz-continuous densities
+COMMENT= Random variate generator for Lipschitz-continuous densities
USES= libtool
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/math/ltl/Makefile b/math/ltl/Makefile
index 62286069af05..f1d2ac47b66b 100644
--- a/math/ltl/Makefile
+++ b/math/ltl/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~drory/ltl/
MAINTAINER= rossiya@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A C++ class SSE library for scientific computing
+COMMENT= C++ class SSE library for scientific computing
LIB_DEPENDS= liblapack.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/lapack \
libblas.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/blas
diff --git a/math/metis/Makefile b/math/metis/Makefile
index 3cc47e8ee390..2ae1d73ad9f6 100644
--- a/math/metis/Makefile
+++ b/math/metis/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/metis/
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A package for unstructured graph partitioning
+COMMENT= Package for unstructured graph partitioning
LICENSE= APACHE20
diff --git a/math/metis4/Makefile b/math/metis4/Makefile
index e6bcb84723fa..5160ae968fe0 100644
--- a/math/metis4/Makefile
+++ b/math/metis4/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/metis/OLD/
DISTNAME= metis-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A package for unstructured graph partitioning
+COMMENT= Package for unstructured graph partitioning
LICENSE= METIS
LICENSE_NAME= University of Minnesota METIS License
diff --git a/math/minisat/Makefile b/math/minisat/Makefile
index 5abf052b1855..83c168cc7d10 100644
--- a/math/minisat/Makefile
+++ b/math/minisat/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math devel
MASTER_SITES= http://highsecure.ru/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= vsevolod@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A minimalistic, open-source SAT solver
+COMMENT= Minimalistic, open-source SAT solver
USES= gmake
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/math/open-axiom/Makefile b/math/open-axiom/Makefile
index c97b0681f698..1d34692b31e5 100644
--- a/math/open-axiom/Makefile
+++ b/math/open-axiom/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= stephen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A computer algebra system
+COMMENT= Computer algebra system
BUILD_DEPENDS= sbcl:${PORTSDIR}/lang/sbcl \
noweb:${PORTSDIR}/devel/noweb
diff --git a/math/orpie/Makefile b/math/orpie/Makefile
index bd0be2b09223..5b5f486e642b 100644
--- a/math/orpie/Makefile
+++ b/math/orpie/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES+= math
MASTER_SITES= http://pessimization.com/software/orpie/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fullscreen RPN calculator for the console
+COMMENT= Fullscreen RPN calculator for the console
BUILD_DEPENDS= ocamlc:${PORTSDIR}/lang/ocaml
LIB_DEPENDS= gsl:${PORTSDIR}/math/gsl
diff --git a/math/pear-Math_Combinatorics/Makefile b/math/pear-Math_Combinatorics/Makefile
index 94e3bc910569..72d3238b719c 100644
--- a/math/pear-Math_Combinatorics/Makefile
+++ b/math/pear-Math_Combinatorics/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PORTEPOCH= 1
CATEGORIES= math pear
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A package that produces combinations and permutations
+COMMENT= Package that produces combinations and permutations
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
diff --git a/math/pecl-bitset/Makefile b/math/pecl-bitset/Makefile
index 6ed6fdd24815..469a2823abd2 100644
--- a/math/pecl-bitset/Makefile
+++ b/math/pecl-bitset/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension for manipulating bitsets
+COMMENT= PECL extension for manipulating bitsets
USE_PHP= yes
USE_PHPEXT= yes
diff --git a/math/pecl-stats/Makefile b/math/pecl-stats/Makefile
index 11994c8f271c..f097b1c4f47e 100644
--- a/math/pecl-stats/Makefile
+++ b/math/pecl-stats/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension which with routines for statistical computation
+COMMENT= PECL extension which with routines for statistical computation
USE_PHP= yes
USE_PHPEXT= yes
diff --git a/math/plman/Makefile b/math/plman/Makefile
index f80ca3b76f15..e99d18242bb7 100644
--- a/math/plman/Makefile
+++ b/math/plman/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://${PORTNAME}.sourceforge.net/dist/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:C/\./_/g}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Propositional Logic sentence shell/interpreter
+COMMENT= Propositional Logic sentence shell/interpreter
RUN_DEPENDS= java:${PORTSDIR}/java/javavmwrapper
diff --git a/math/proofgeneral/Makefile b/math/proofgeneral/Makefile
index fff4f1c614d8..c51e28fff696 100644
--- a/math/proofgeneral/Makefile
+++ b/math/proofgeneral/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ProofGeneral-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= beyert@cs.ucr.edu
-COMMENT= A generic interface for proof assistants
+COMMENT= Generic interface for proof assistants
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/math/py-munkres/Makefile b/math/py-munkres/Makefile
index 47bef9d9c1c3..d5f319786f9f 100644
--- a/math/py-munkres/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-munkres/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= feld@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Python implementation of the munkres algorithm
+COMMENT= Python implementation of the munkres algorithm
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/math/py-pybloom/Makefile b/math/py-pybloom/Makefile
index 528f807f2163..8b2c92d1b1de 100644
--- a/math/py-pybloom/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-pybloom/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= lwhsu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Probabilistic data structure
+COMMENT= Probabilistic data structure
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}bitarray>0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-bitarray
diff --git a/math/qalculate/Makefile b/math/qalculate/Makefile
index 9eaebdda05f0..20dcf0dfada9 100644
--- a/math/qalculate/Makefile
+++ b/math/qalculate/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-gtk/${PORTNAME}-gtk-${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-gtk-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A multi-purpose desktop calculator (Gnome frontend)
+COMMENT= Multi-purpose desktop calculator (Gnome frontend)
LIB_DEPENDS= qalculate.5:${PORTSDIR}/math/libqalculate
RUN_DEPENDS= gnuplot:${PORTSDIR}/math/gnuplot \
diff --git a/math/reed-solomon/Makefile b/math/reed-solomon/Makefile
index 77d914263ad3..f048500d26b3 100644
--- a/math/reed-solomon/Makefile
+++ b/math/reed-solomon/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://www.ka9q.net/code/fec/
MAINTAINER= freebsduser@paradisegreen.co.uk
-COMMENT= A Reed-Solomon CODEC library
+COMMENT= Reed-Solomon CODEC library
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USES= gmake
diff --git a/math/rngstreams/Makefile b/math/rngstreams/Makefile
index 6912b404d5a9..0d89643e7f6a 100644
--- a/math/rngstreams/Makefile
+++ b/math/rngstreams/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://statmath.wu-wien.ac.at/software/RngStreams/
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C implementation of a high-quality uniform random number generator
+COMMENT= C implementation of a high-quality uniform random number generator
USES= libtool
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/math/ruby-fftw3/Makefile b/math/ruby-fftw3/Makefile
index e11eed3f9733..c6fbb4ed2039 100644
--- a/math/ruby-fftw3/Makefile
+++ b/math/ruby-fftw3/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= murashin@gfd-dennou.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby interface to the FFTW ver.3
+COMMENT= Ruby interface to the FFTW ver.3
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/math/ruby-gnuplot/Makefile b/math/ruby-gnuplot/Makefile
index 2b18dceed033..5178e4b9cc74 100644
--- a/math/ruby-gnuplot/Makefile
+++ b/math/ruby-gnuplot/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= r${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pipe-based interface to the gnuplot package for Ruby
+COMMENT= Pipe-based interface to the gnuplot package for Ruby
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/gnuplot:${PORTSDIR}/math/gnuplot \
${RUBY_SITEARCHLIBDIR}/narray.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/ruby-narray
diff --git a/math/ruby-gsl/Makefile b/math/ruby-gsl/Makefile
index f007d6d7514e..15d834439ede 100644
--- a/math/ruby-gsl/Makefile
+++ b/math/ruby-gsl/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby extension library for GSL (GNU Scientific Library)
+COMMENT= Ruby extension library for GSL (GNU Scientific Library)
LIB_DEPENDS= gsl:${PORTSDIR}/math/gsl
diff --git a/math/ruby-numru_units/Makefile b/math/ruby-numru_units/Makefile
index ae3031a9cce2..fc254d1bdb93 100644
--- a/math/ruby-numru_units/Makefile
+++ b/math/ruby-numru_units/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTNAME= numru-units-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= murashin@gfd-dennou.org
-COMMENT= A class to handle units of physical quantities for Ruby
+COMMENT= Class to handle units of physical quantities for Ruby
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
diff --git a/math/rubygem-numru-units/Makefile b/math/rubygem-numru-units/Makefile
index 41d5edc3d631..9c88de44278c 100644
--- a/math/rubygem-numru-units/Makefile
+++ b/math/rubygem-numru-units/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= murashin@gfd-dennou.org
-COMMENT= A class to handle units of physical quantities for Ruby
+COMMENT= Class to handle units of physical quantities for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RAKE= yes
diff --git a/math/simd-viterbi/Makefile b/math/simd-viterbi/Makefile
index 8797ed5c1e16..2a3fa6c13b70 100644
--- a/math/simd-viterbi/Makefile
+++ b/math/simd-viterbi/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://www.ka9q.net/code/fec/
MAINTAINER= freebsduser@paradisegreen.co.uk
-COMMENT= A fast Viterbi CODEC library
+COMMENT= Fast Viterbi CODEC library
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USES= gmake
diff --git a/math/slgrace/Makefile b/math/slgrace/Makefile
index d1baf272f25c..8687fe86e0ed 100644
--- a/math/slgrace/Makefile
+++ b/math/slgrace/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang/v${SLANG_VER}/modules/grace/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= garga/slgrace/
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A SLang module to plot graphs with grace
+COMMENT= SLang module to plot graphs with grace
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/math/stp/Makefile b/math/stp/Makefile
index 1f6cfed8e01c..f0f94c103b34 100644
--- a/math/stp/Makefile
+++ b/math/stp/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= math
MASTER_SITES= http://intara.arrowdodger.ru/
MAINTAINER= 6yearold@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A Decision Procedure for Bitvectors and Arrays
+COMMENT= Decision Procedure for Bitvectors and Arrays
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/math/superlu/Makefile b/math/superlu/Makefile
index 51a1237a7b64..86604c9e3a34 100644
--- a/math/superlu/Makefile
+++ b/math/superlu/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= maho@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library of routines for performing sparse factorization
+COMMENT= Library of routines for performing sparse factorization
USES= fortran
diff --git a/math/tetgen/Makefile b/math/tetgen/Makefile
index 8756cd5ab4bf..5c80a50c6b94 100644
--- a/math/tetgen/Makefile
+++ b/math/tetgen/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:R}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Quality Tetrahedral Mesh Generator and Delaunay Triangulator
+COMMENT= Quality Tetrahedral Mesh Generator and Delaunay Triangulator
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKDIR}/LICENSE
diff --git a/math/triangle/Makefile b/math/triangle/Makefile
index 02b70a520918..34f2d1e68091 100644
--- a/math/triangle/Makefile
+++ b/math/triangle/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Two-Dimensional Quality Mesh Generator and Delaunay Triangulator
+COMMENT= Two-Dimensional Quality Mesh Generator and Delaunay Triangulator
NO_CDROM= No commercial use without prior arrangement with the author
diff --git a/math/truthtable/Makefile b/math/truthtable/Makefile
index bc9f2a71d0fd..d613d98e6c69 100644
--- a/math/truthtable/Makefile
+++ b/math/truthtable/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .jar
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Truth Tables generator (written in Java)
+COMMENT= Truth Tables generator (written in Java)
USE_JAVA= yes
JAVA_VERSION= 1.6+
diff --git a/math/ump/Makefile b/math/ump/Makefile
index 371b3f34a827..caa943c29974 100644
--- a/math/ump/Makefile
+++ b/math/ump/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/u-m-p/u-m-p/${PORTVERSION}
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -math
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A graphical, easy to use math program
+COMMENT= Graphical, easy to use math program
CONFLICTS= ump-1.[0-9]*
diff --git a/math/unixstat/Makefile b/math/unixstat/Makefile
index 5babddccaed6..b24b58be9b30 100644
--- a/math/unixstat/Makefile
+++ b/math/unixstat/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= stat
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tar.Z
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A statistics package designed for use with the Unix shell
+COMMENT= Statistics package designed for use with the Unix shell
RESTRICTED= License does not allow mass redistribution.
diff --git a/math/wcalc/Makefile b/math/wcalc/Makefile
index 74aca2c5ee4a..dac95d103730 100644
--- a/math/wcalc/Makefile
+++ b/math/wcalc/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/w-calc/Wcalc/${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= wcalc-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= amarendra.godbole@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A natural-expression command-line calculator
+COMMENT= Natural-expression command-line calculator
LIB_DEPENDS= libgmp.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/gmp \
libmpfr.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/mpfr
diff --git a/math/wingz3/Makefile b/math/wingz3/Makefile
index 6a8bae184577..e1ff04e6c11b 100644
--- a/math/wingz3/Makefile
+++ b/math/wingz3/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=apps/financial/spreadsheet
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= mi@aldan.algebra.com
-COMMENT= A Commercial Spreadsheet
+COMMENT= Commercial Spreadsheet
NO_PACKAGE= "nothing to build. commercial software"
diff --git a/math/wxMaxima/Makefile b/math/wxMaxima/Makefile
index 6809efe82e3e..05a37aa80bd1 100644
--- a/math/wxMaxima/Makefile
+++ b/math/wxMaxima/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
#MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A wxWidgets GUI for the computer algebra system maxima
+COMMENT= WxWidgets GUI for the computer algebra system maxima
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/misc/achievo/Makefile b/misc/achievo/Makefile
index 1602d9bd6888..5b373323ffec 100644
--- a/misc/achievo/Makefile
+++ b/misc/achievo/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.achievo.org/files/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-stable-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk
-COMMENT= A flexible web-based resource management tool
+COMMENT= Flexible web-based resource management tool
USE_PHP= yes
WANT_PHP_MOD= yes
diff --git a/misc/bdelta/Makefile b/misc/bdelta/Makefile
index 564de5e2aa70..405c8c358b8f 100644
--- a/misc/bdelta/Makefile
+++ b/misc/bdelta/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc devel
MASTER_SITES= SF/deltup/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= novel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An advanced delta creator, patcher, and library
+COMMENT= Advanced delta creator, patcher, and library
USES= gmake
USE_LDCONFIG= yes
diff --git a/misc/chmlib/Makefile b/misc/chmlib/Makefile
index 709f265e6d62..c36d5b08ebc1 100644
--- a/misc/chmlib/Makefile
+++ b/misc/chmlib/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.jedrea.com/chmlib/
MAINTAINER= fluffy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for dealing with Microsoft ITSS/CHM format files
+COMMENT= Library for dealing with Microsoft ITSS/CHM format files
USES= gmake tar:bzip2
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/misc/clex/Makefile b/misc/clex/Makefile
index 9014b2b8798c..1cd181d1b34c 100644
--- a/misc/clex/Makefile
+++ b/misc/clex/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.clex.sk/download/
DISTNAME= clex-4.6.patch6
MAINTAINER= mich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A command line file manager
+COMMENT= Command line file manager
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/misc/color-theme.el/Makefile b/misc/color-theme.el/Makefile
index 7e75ddfd12df..242434953cd7 100644
--- a/misc/color-theme.el/Makefile
+++ b/misc/color-theme.el/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${EMACS_NAME}
DISTNAME= color-theme-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= dsh@vlink.ru
-COMMENT= An Emacs-Lisp package with more than 50 color themes
+COMMENT= Emacs-Lisp package with more than 50 color themes
USE_EMACS= yes
PORTDOCS= AUTHORS BUGS COPYING ChangeLog README
diff --git a/misc/compat10x/Makefile b/misc/compat10x/Makefile
index 9e6f6474d7e9..93efb201ce10 100644
--- a/misc/compat10x/Makefile
+++ b/misc/compat10x/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${ARCH}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${ARCH}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A convenience package to install the compat10x libraries
+COMMENT= Convenience package to install the compat10x libraries
LICENSE= BSD2CLAUSE
diff --git a/misc/compat7x/Makefile b/misc/compat7x/Makefile
index c818f18f5b81..797043ba6c50 100644
--- a/misc/compat7x/Makefile
+++ b/misc/compat7x/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${ARCH}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${ARCH}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A convenience package to install the compat7x libraries
+COMMENT= Convenience package to install the compat7x libraries
LICENSE= BSD2CLAUSE
diff --git a/misc/compat8x/Makefile b/misc/compat8x/Makefile
index 808c296757cd..aea1e8d6d829 100644
--- a/misc/compat8x/Makefile
+++ b/misc/compat8x/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${ARCH}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${ARCH}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A convenience package to install the compat8x libraries
+COMMENT= Convenience package to install the compat8x libraries
LICENSE= BSD2CLAUSE
diff --git a/misc/compat9x/Makefile b/misc/compat9x/Makefile
index 6eb179e6f5b5..34286f377bfc 100644
--- a/misc/compat9x/Makefile
+++ b/misc/compat9x/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${ARCH}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${ARCH}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A convenience package to install the compat9x libraries
+COMMENT= Convenience package to install the compat9x libraries
LICENSE= BSD2CLAUSE
diff --git a/misc/countrycodes/Makefile b/misc/countrycodes/Makefile
index 94a4ec2a2278..965408e39513 100644
--- a/misc/countrycodes/Makefile
+++ b/misc/countrycodes/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.grigna.com/diego/linux/countrycodes/ \
CRITICAL
MAINTAINER= ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An ISO 3166 country code finder
+COMMENT= ISO 3166 country code finder
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/misc/delay/Makefile b/misc/delay/Makefile
index 7a05d14e1c48..56c7a2c0569c 100644
--- a/misc/delay/Makefile
+++ b/misc/delay/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://onegeek.org/~tom/software/delay/dl/ \
http://utenti.gufi.org/~gmarco/files/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= gmarco@gufi.org
-COMMENT= A delay program with feedback to the user
+COMMENT= Delay program with feedback to the user
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/misc/e2fsprogs-libblkid/Makefile b/misc/e2fsprogs-libblkid/Makefile
index 792a024e5de9..ac6a804d2e96 100644
--- a/misc/e2fsprogs-libblkid/Makefile
+++ b/misc/e2fsprogs-libblkid/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 1
CATEGORIES= misc devel
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -libblkid
-COMMENT= A blkid library from e2fsprogs package
+COMMENT= Blkid library from e2fsprogs package
LIB_DEPENDS= libuuid.so:${PORTSDIR}/misc/e2fsprogs-libuuid
diff --git a/misc/firestring/Makefile b/misc/firestring/Makefile
index afb9b2eb9dd8..8d98811199f5 100644
--- a/misc/firestring/Makefile
+++ b/misc/firestring/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.firestuff.org/projects/ \
ftp://ftp.wa.apana.org.au/pub/pc/unix/packages/
MAINTAINER= dean@odyssey.apana.org.au
-COMMENT= A library to make string handling easier in C
+COMMENT= Library to make string handling easier in C
USES= tar:bzip2
HAS_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/misc/freeguide/Makefile b/misc/freeguide/Makefile
index 61fc0782a6ff..99eee1fb84dc 100644
--- a/misc/freeguide/Makefile
+++ b/misc/freeguide/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc java
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}-tv/${PORTNAME}-source/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An interactive TV guide which will create personalized TV listings
+COMMENT= Interactive TV guide which will create personalized TV listings
RUN_DEPENDS= tv_cat:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-xmltv
diff --git a/misc/gman/Makefile b/misc/gman/Makefile
index ae34d3faef8d..1f88f7b8680e 100644
--- a/misc/gman/Makefile
+++ b/misc/gman/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PATCHFILES= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}-5.diff.gz
PATCH_DIST_STRIP= -p1
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A user-friendly graphical front end for the man system
+COMMENT= User-friendly graphical front end for the man system
DEPRECATED= Depends on expiring ghostview
EXPIRATION_DATE= 2014-07-31
diff --git a/misc/gnomehier/Makefile b/misc/gnomehier/Makefile
index 225714e9ec69..a64162604c44 100644
--- a/misc/gnomehier/Makefile
+++ b/misc/gnomehier/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= # none
DISTFILES= # none
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A utility port that creates the GNOME directory tree
+COMMENT= Utility port that creates the GNOME directory tree
NO_BUILD= yes
PLIST= ${WRKDIR}/pkg-plist
diff --git a/misc/gone/Makefile b/misc/gone/Makefile
index 627db0c0ffce..161174baa2cb 100644
--- a/misc/gone/Makefile
+++ b/misc/gone/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/gone/
MAINTAINER= marcus@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A terminal locking utility with many improvements over lock(1)
+COMMENT= Terminal locking utility with many improvements over lock(1)
PLIST_FILES= bin/gone man/man1/gone.1.gz
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/misc/hb/Makefile b/misc/hb/Makefile
index 3922bc04e554..a50b103d95b5 100644
--- a/misc/hb/Makefile
+++ b/misc/hb/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc python
MASTER_SITES= http://www.tundraware.com/Software/hb/
MAINTAINER= tundra@tundraware.com
-COMMENT= A simple, but complete budget management in Python
+COMMENT= Simple, but complete budget management in Python
USE_PYTHON= yes
diff --git a/misc/hello/Makefile b/misc/hello/Makefile
index a859ca0081cc..b98705b1ca35 100644
--- a/misc/hello/Makefile
+++ b/misc/hello/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= hello
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A utility for saying hello to the world and reading email
+COMMENT= Utility for saying hello to the world and reading email
USES= charsetfix perl5
USE_PERL5= build
diff --git a/misc/hicolor-icon-theme/Makefile b/misc/hicolor-icon-theme/Makefile
index 556897c6a0fc..a14e4e8e8c7f 100644
--- a/misc/hicolor-icon-theme/Makefile
+++ b/misc/hicolor-icon-theme/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc gnome
MASTER_SITES= http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases/
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A high-color icon theme shell from the FreeDesktop project
+COMMENT= High-color icon theme shell from the FreeDesktop project
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/misc/imerge/Makefile b/misc/imerge/Makefile
index 8d45b95b98b5..f68cdaaa9ac9 100644
--- a/misc/imerge/Makefile
+++ b/misc/imerge/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.iDaemons.org/pub/distfiles/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= knu
MAINTAINER= knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to help merge one file to another interactively
+COMMENT= Tool to help merge one file to another interactively
USE_BZIP2= yes
diff --git a/misc/inplace/Makefile b/misc/inplace/Makefile
index 65324481fbf7..a898bc1fe307 100644
--- a/misc/inplace/Makefile
+++ b/misc/inplace/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.iDaemons.org/pub/distfiles/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= knu
MAINTAINER= knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to edit files in-place through given filter commands
+COMMENT= Tool to edit files in-place through given filter commands
USE_BZIP2= yes
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/misc/ipbt/Makefile b/misc/ipbt/Makefile
index 123c2e512fad..2fd0b0152da3 100644
--- a/misc/ipbt/Makefile
+++ b/misc/ipbt/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= uqs
MAINTAINER= uqs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A high-tech ttyrec player with improvements over ttyplay
+COMMENT= High-tech ttyrec player with improvements over ttyplay
USES= perl5 shebangfix
diff --git a/misc/jbidwatcher/Makefile b/misc/jbidwatcher/Makefile
index 1e83023e20a6..ee2e2d7b2e51 100644
--- a/misc/jbidwatcher/Makefile
+++ b/misc/jbidwatcher/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc java
MASTER_SITES= http://www.jbidwatcher.com/download/
MAINTAINER= shurd@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Java-based application allowing you to monitor eBay auctions
+COMMENT= Java-based application allowing you to monitor eBay auctions
USE_BZIP2= yes
USE_JAVA= yes
diff --git a/misc/latex-mk/Makefile b/misc/latex-mk/Makefile
index f55e15c4e551..a110ecf0981d 100644
--- a/misc/latex-mk/Makefile
+++ b/misc/latex-mk/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc print
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= jlaffaye@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of makefile and scripts for LaTeX documents
+COMMENT= Collection of makefile and scripts for LaTeX documents
BUILD_DEPENDS= texi2dvi:${PORTSDIR}/print/texinfo
RUN_DEPENDS= texi2dvi:${PORTSDIR}/print/texinfo
diff --git a/misc/lesspipe/Makefile b/misc/lesspipe/Makefile
index e632d6d56b03..0f8ee9985756 100644
--- a/misc/lesspipe/Makefile
+++ b/misc/lesspipe/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= slaven@rezic.de
-COMMENT= A preprocessor for less
+COMMENT= Preprocessor for less
BUILD_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
diff --git a/misc/lifelines/Makefile b/misc/lifelines/Makefile
index d8a6fb681b4c..f9f10559d36e 100644
--- a/misc/lifelines/Makefile
+++ b/misc/lifelines/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= matt@gsicomp.on.ca
-COMMENT= An advanced genealogical system
+COMMENT= Advanced genealogical system
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_BZIP2= yes
diff --git a/misc/magicpoint/Makefile b/misc/magicpoint/Makefile
index 97cf8b190fd1..28c6c59ff41c 100644
--- a/misc/magicpoint/Makefile
+++ b/misc/magicpoint/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES?= misc
MASTER_SITES= ftp://sh.wide.ad.jp/WIDE/free-ware/mgp/
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An X11-based presentation tool
+COMMENT= X11-based presentation tool
LIB_DEPENDS+= libpng15.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/png \
libmng.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/libmng
diff --git a/misc/metromap/Makefile b/misc/metromap/Makefile
index 68e66a745d63..786bd71db01f 100644
--- a/misc/metromap/Makefile
+++ b/misc/metromap/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://metromap.antex.ru/ \
http://mirror.amdmi3.ru/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple application for finding paths in different subways maps
+COMMENT= Simple application for finding paths in different subways maps
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/doc/COPYING
diff --git a/misc/nagios-base-logos/Makefile b/misc/nagios-base-logos/Makefile
index e9984521a74b..1dccb85e61dc 100644
--- a/misc/nagios-base-logos/Makefile
+++ b/misc/nagios-base-logos/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/nagios/OldFiles
DISTNAME= imagepak-base
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of basic OS and device logos for Nagios
+COMMENT= Collection of basic OS and device logos for Nagios
NO_BUILD=yes
diff --git a/misc/pipe/Makefile b/misc/pipe/Makefile
index 6f9bf034372a..acd1a49955ad 100644
--- a/misc/pipe/Makefile
+++ b/misc/pipe/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}2/Pipe%202/PIPE2%20V${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= pipe25_rc5
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for creating and analysing Petri nets
+COMMENT= Tool for creating and analysing Petri nets
USES= zip
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/misc/py-osd/Makefile b/misc/py-osd/Makefile
index a143d443e3c0..a9e46fd9ebd6 100644
--- a/misc/py-osd/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-osd/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= pyosd-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= novel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A python wrapper for osd, for displaying text on your X display
+COMMENT= Python wrapper for osd, for displaying text on your X display
LIB_DEPENDS= libxosd.so:${PORTSDIR}/misc/xosd
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/twistd:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-twisted
diff --git a/misc/quranref/Makefile b/misc/quranref/Makefile
index a14ebd87c124..1c67a8b32b73 100644
--- a/misc/quranref/Makefile
+++ b/misc/quranref/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.unknown.nu/ports/
MAINTAINER= user@unknown.nu
-COMMENT= An interactive Quran (Koran)
+COMMENT= Interactive Quran (Koran)
BUILD_DEPENDS= icont:${PORTSDIR}/lang/icon
diff --git a/misc/rtfm/Makefile b/misc/rtfm/Makefile
index 840a18449e1b..2aac0d7d39e1 100644
--- a/misc/rtfm/Makefile
+++ b/misc/rtfm/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= chris
MAINTAINER= chris@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A FreeBSD documentation search mechanism
+COMMENT= FreeBSD documentation search mechanism
PLIST_FILES= bin/rtfm man/man1/rtfm.1.gz
diff --git a/misc/ruby-progressbar/Makefile b/misc/ruby-progressbar/Makefile
index c2bf23aee565..c0e85efe4ad5 100644
--- a/misc/ruby-progressbar/Makefile
+++ b/misc/ruby-progressbar/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= tota@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A text progress bar library for Ruby
+COMMENT= Text progress bar library for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/misc/seq2/Makefile b/misc/seq2/Makefile
index 8ec3ce0ece8b..f705cd52faaa 100644
--- a/misc/seq2/Makefile
+++ b/misc/seq2/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc
MASTER_SITES= LOCAL/bf
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A clone of the UNIX(tm) program called seq
+COMMENT= Clone of the UNIX(tm) program called seq
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/misc/shuffle-db/Makefile b/misc/shuffle-db/Makefile
index df5ac100c7ba..e7794bd82941 100644
--- a/misc/shuffle-db/Makefile
+++ b/misc/shuffle-db/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/rebuild_db/1.0-rc1
DISTNAME= rebuild_db-${DISTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An iPod shuffle database builder
+COMMENT= IPod shuffle database builder
USE_PYTHON= yes
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/misc/tkcron/Makefile b/misc/tkcron/Makefile
index bc6991449a2d..d1f0b396bc18 100644
--- a/misc/tkcron/Makefile
+++ b/misc/tkcron/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/mirror/ftp.procplace.com/sorted/packages-
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tcl.gz
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A frontend to crontab
+COMMENT= Frontend to crontab
USES= tk:85,run
diff --git a/misc/wmcalendar/Makefile b/misc/wmcalendar/Makefile
index 698efebec795..8ae1a46272fe 100644
--- a/misc/wmcalendar/Makefile
+++ b/misc/wmcalendar/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc windowmaker
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= xride@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dockable calendar with interface to iCalendar based calendars
+COMMENT= Dockable calendar with interface to iCalendar based calendars
LIB_DEPENDS= libical.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libical
diff --git a/misc/wmwork/Makefile b/misc/wmwork/Makefile
index ebe3047676bc..a6eb64476191 100644
--- a/misc/wmwork/Makefile
+++ b/misc/wmwork/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://people.debian.org/~godisch/wmwork/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= xride
MAINTAINER= xride@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dockapp that keeps track of time you have spent on something
+COMMENT= Dockapp that keeps track of time you have spent on something
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/src
diff --git a/misc/xiphos/Makefile b/misc/xiphos/Makefile
index 7534b0046b85..07979f4e176a 100644
--- a/misc/xiphos/Makefile
+++ b/misc/xiphos/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc gnome
MASTER_SITES= SF/gnomesword/Xiphos/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A bible interface utilizing the sword framework
+COMMENT= Bible interface utilizing the sword framework
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/misc/xmonad-log-applet/Makefile b/misc/xmonad-log-applet/Makefile
index 0371ed21a580..d98d4459a398 100644
--- a/misc/xmonad-log-applet/Makefile
+++ b/misc/xmonad-log-applet/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= misc
MASTER_SITES= http://cloud.github.com/downloads/alexkay/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= alexander@kojevnikov.com
-COMMENT= An applet that will display Xmonad log information
+COMMENT= Applet that will display Xmonad log information
INSTALLS_ICONS= yes
USES= gmake pkgconfig pathfix
diff --git a/multimedia/audacious/Makefile b/multimedia/audacious/Makefile
index 720de1a48697..34202dfff1a6 100644
--- a/multimedia/audacious/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/audacious/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia audio
MASTER_SITES= http://distfiles.audacious-media-player.org/
MAINTAINER= oliver@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A media player based on BMP and XMMS
+COMMENT= Media player based on BMP and XMMS
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/multimedia/audiopreview/Makefile b/multimedia/audiopreview/Makefile
index 3bb5f371bae7..8034bf64cb96 100644
--- a/multimedia/audiopreview/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/audiopreview/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia
MASTER_SITES= http://audiopreview.codealpha.net/files/
MAINTAINER= kevlo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A command-line tool to play previews of audio and video files
+COMMENT= Command-line tool to play previews of audio and video files
USES= gmake pkgconfig
USE_GSTREAMER= core
diff --git a/multimedia/avinfo/Makefile b/multimedia/avinfo/Makefile
index 0ac15eba1890..fe1ecf1d297a 100644
--- a/multimedia/avinfo/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/avinfo/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://shounen.ru/soft/avinfo/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}unix
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A utility for displaying AVI header information
+COMMENT= Utility for displaying AVI header information
USES= bison gmake
diff --git a/multimedia/bsdbktr_tvtune/Makefile b/multimedia/bsdbktr_tvtune/Makefile
index 0b1b1142d384..50799f3aebd8 100644
--- a/multimedia/bsdbktr_tvtune/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/bsdbktr_tvtune/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia
MASTER_SITES= http://mina.naguib.ca/dist/
MAINTAINER= mina.website@naguib.ca
-COMMENT= A console Brooktree (bktr) TV tuner
+COMMENT= Console Brooktree (bktr) TV tuner
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= alpha i386
PLIST_FILES= bin/bsdbktr_tvtune
diff --git a/multimedia/dtv/Makefile b/multimedia/dtv/Makefile
index 60e0c9a55399..50b4835049b3 100644
--- a/multimedia/dtv/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/dtv/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia
MASTER_SITES= http://apollo.backplane.com/FreeBSDPorts/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A client/server based TV capture/display program
+COMMENT= Client/server based TV capture/display program
LICENSE= BSD4CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/multimedia/dvts/Makefile b/multimedia/dvts/Makefile
index 9786b2a8cd83..c4b415e75bed 100644
--- a/multimedia/dvts/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/dvts/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PATCHFILES= dvts-patch-20030805
PATCH_DIST_STRIP= -p4
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of Digital Video Transport System
+COMMENT= Implementation of Digital Video Transport System
CONFLICTS= gdvrecv-[0-9]*
diff --git a/multimedia/flvstreamer/Makefile b/multimedia/flvstreamer/Makefile
index 106ba61a317f..4e24f4b4473f 100644
--- a/multimedia/flvstreamer/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/flvstreamer/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}/source
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-2.1c1
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An open source command-line RTMP client
+COMMENT= Open source command-line RTMP client
USES= gmake
ALL_TARGET= posix
diff --git a/multimedia/gavl/Makefile b/multimedia/gavl/Makefile
index e8c64afe66c9..dee46a7a22b4 100644
--- a/multimedia/gavl/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gavl/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia
MASTER_SITES= SF/gmerlin/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for handling uncompressed video and audio data
+COMMENT= Library for handling uncompressed video and audio data
LICENSE= GPLv3
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/multimedia/gdialog/Makefile b/multimedia/gdialog/Makefile
index e9715cb62165..09e891259aac 100644
--- a/multimedia/gdialog/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gdialog/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}-x/${PORTNAME}-090400/${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= GDialog-090400-25
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Project X addon to read Siemens Gigaset M740AV video recordings
+COMMENT= Project X addon to read Siemens Gigaset M740AV video recordings
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/multimedia/kaffeine/Makefile b/multimedia/kaffeine/Makefile
index 1076dc78ee22..d7a34a396603 100644
--- a/multimedia/kaffeine/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/kaffeine/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= kaffeine/current
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A xine-base multimedia player
+COMMENT= Xine-base multimedia player
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/include/linux/dvb/ca.h:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/v4l_compat
LIB_DEPENDS= libxine.so:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/libxine
diff --git a/multimedia/libdvbcsa/Makefile b/multimedia/libdvbcsa/Makefile
index 0cc0961f6de7..081369712309 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdvbcsa/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/libdvbcsa/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSIO
http://ftp.heikorichter.name/pub/videolan/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= decke@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A free implementation of the DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm
+COMMENT= Free implementation of the DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/multimedia/libxspf/Makefile b/multimedia/libxspf/Makefile
index 661984315964..1da9fd3e2d34 100644
--- a/multimedia/libxspf/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/libxspf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia
MASTER_SITES= SF/libspiff/Sources/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ed@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An XSPF parsing library
+COMMENT= XSPF parsing library
LIB_DEPENDS= libexpat.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
diff --git a/multimedia/mpeg_stat/Makefile b/multimedia/mpeg_stat/Makefile
index 434facc13b7d..e14c9e989e3a 100644
--- a/multimedia/mpeg_stat/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/mpeg_stat/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.bsd-geek.de/FreeBSD/distfiles/
DISTNAME= ${PKGNAME}-src
MAINTAINER= lme@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An MPEG-I statistics gatherer
+COMMENT= MPEG-I statistics gatherer
USES= shebangfix
SHEBANG_FILES= block2spec
diff --git a/multimedia/mplayer-fonts/Makefile b/multimedia/mplayer-fonts/Makefile
index 15794fec3e97..477200534bef 100644
--- a/multimedia/mplayer-fonts/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/mplayer-fonts/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uedc/mplayer/ \
http://www.rrr.de/~riggs/mplayer/
MAINTAINER= riggs@rrr.de
-COMMENT= A font pack for the mplayer OSD and SUB
+COMMENT= Font pack for the mplayer OSD and SUB
USE_BZIP2= yes
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/multimedia/oqtencoder/Makefile b/multimedia/oqtencoder/Makefile
index 37b3a0952ae0..4b37100d0569 100644
--- a/multimedia/oqtencoder/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/oqtencoder/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME:tl}-${PORTVERSION}-src
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple encoder using OpenQuicktime (TM)
+COMMENT= Simple encoder using OpenQuicktime (TM)
LIB_DEPENDS= libopenquicktime.so:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/openquicktime
diff --git a/multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile b/multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile
index 66ad2fad8d3d..3b2c7ab2cd63 100644
--- a/multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia audio python gnome
MASTER_SITES= http://bitbucket.org/lazka/${PORTNAME}-files/raw/default/releases/
MAINTAINER= johnson.peter@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A GTK+-based audio player written in Python
+COMMENT= GTK+-based audio player written in Python
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile b/multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile
index fa31c4d5a95e..3522c5abbafe 100644
--- a/multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/tvheadend/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= decke-${PORTNAME}-8a8c1a8
DISTFILES= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX} dvb-scan-tables-20130714.tar.gz
MAINTAINER= decke@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A TV streaming server supporting DVB, IPTV and V4L
+COMMENT= TV streaming server supporting DVB, IPTV and V4L
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/multimedia/vdpauinfo/Makefile b/multimedia/vdpauinfo/Makefile
index 7d9107fd82ff..a28dba241e7c 100644
--- a/multimedia/vdpauinfo/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/vdpauinfo/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia
MASTER_SITES= http://people.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/vdpau/
MAINTAINER= madpilot@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to query VDPAU capabilities
+COMMENT= Tool to query VDPAU capabilities
LICENSE= MIT
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/multimedia/webcamd/Makefile b/multimedia/webcamd/Makefile
index 0f6053bd40cc..41d9387425dd 100644
--- a/multimedia/webcamd/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/webcamd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.selasky.org/hans_petter/distfiles/ \
http://home.selasky.org:8192/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= hselasky@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A port of Linux USB webcam and DVB drivers into userspace
+COMMENT= Port of Linux USB webcam and DVB drivers into userspace
BUILD_DEPENDS= v4l_compat>=1.0.20100321:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/v4l_compat \
cuse4bsd-kmod>=0.1.31:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/cuse4bsd-kmod
diff --git a/multimedia/xawtv/Makefile b/multimedia/xawtv/Makefile
index 2b5d97d47dc3..6e4349bba357 100644
--- a/multimedia/xawtv/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/xawtv/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= multimedia
MASTER_SITES= http://linuxtv.org/downloads/xawtv/
MAINTAINER= oliver@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A TV viewing application and a few TV utilities
+COMMENT= TV viewing application and a few TV utilities
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/X11/fonts/misc/led-iso8859-1.pcf.gz:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/tv-fonts
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/X11/fonts/misc/led-iso8859-1.pcf.gz:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/tv-fonts
diff --git a/multimedia/xvid/Makefile b/multimedia/xvid/Makefile
index 790addfc8fd0..da5d8eda54b0 100644
--- a/multimedia/xvid/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/xvid/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://downloads.xvid.org/downloads/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}core-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= fluffy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An opensource MPEG-4 codec, based on OpenDivx
+COMMENT= Opensource MPEG-4 codec, based on OpenDivx
USES= gmake
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes