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-rw-r--r--ports-mgmt/bpm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--ports-mgmt/bxpkg/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--ports-mgmt/pkg_search/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--ports-mgmt/porteasy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--ports-mgmt/portscout/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/bibcursed/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/c2ps/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/dvi2tty/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/fpdf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/freetype/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/gl2ps/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/gsview/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/gv/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-auto-greek/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-biblist/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-bytefield/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-caption/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-chapterfolder/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-circ/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-cjk/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-etoolbox/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-feynmf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-keystroke/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-logpap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-nomencl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-pgf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-subfloat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-supertabular/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-svninfo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/latex-timing/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/lpr-wrapper/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/musixtex/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/nenscript/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/p5-Text-PDF/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/panda/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/papersize-default-a4/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/pdf-renderer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/pdfcube/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/pdflib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/pdq/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/pecl-haru/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/pecl-pdflib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/phppdflib/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/pscal/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/py-trml2pdf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/ruby-panda/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/rubygem-pdfwriter/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/rubygem-prawn-format/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/rubygem-prawn-layout/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/rubygem-prawn-security/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--print/texinfo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--russian/gd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--russian/xcode/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/2dhf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/chemical-mime-data/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/elmer-meshgen2d/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/elmergrid/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/fasthenry/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/gamess/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/getdp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/gramps/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/h5utils/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/liblinear/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/libsvm/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/mbdyn/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/mcstas/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/psi3/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/pycdf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/ruby-gphys/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/svmlight/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--science/vmd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/cfs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/i2p/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/p5-AuthCAS/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/p5-Crypt-RandPasswd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/p5-String-MkPasswd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/p5-dicewaregen/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pad/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pam_jail/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pam_krb5/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pam_ldap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pam_p11/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pam_pwdfile/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pamtester/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pbnj/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pear-Crypt_MicroID/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pecl-ssh2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pecl-tcpwrap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/php-suhosin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/pkcs11-gateway/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/ruby-camellia/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/ruby-gpgme/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/ruby-hmac/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/ruby-password/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/rubygem-hmac/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/rubygem-jugyo-twitter_oauth/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/rubygem-omniauth/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/scannedonly/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/skipfish/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/slurpie/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/slush/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/smurflog/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/snort-rep/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/spybye/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/ssdeep/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/ssh_askpass_gtk2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/sshpass/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/sst/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/tinc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/tinysu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/tor-devel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/tor/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/vinetto/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/vnccrack/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/webfwlog/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/xml-security/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--security/xspy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--shells/p5-Shell-Perl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--shells/pear-PHP_Shell/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/battfink/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/battmond/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/bkpupsd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/bontmia/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ccd2iso/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/cdf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/cdls/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/cfengine22/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/cfengine32/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/cfengine34/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/cfengine35/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/cfengine36/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ciso/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/comiccron/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/confman/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/crashme/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/dc3dd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/dcfldd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ddpt/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/doinkd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/dolly/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/downtime/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/dvdimagecmp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/eroaster/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/fcron/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ffs2recov/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/flog/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/freedt/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/fsc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/fusefs-chironfs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/fusefs-cryptofs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/fusefs-encfs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/gcombust/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/gconf-editor/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/gkfreq/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/gkrellflynn/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/gkrellm2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/gnomebaker/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/gpte/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/hatop/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/hdrecover/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ipsc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/jailadmin/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/jailme/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/knutclient-kde4/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/logwatch/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/mdcp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/mixer/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/mkntpwd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/monitorix/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ods2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/openupsd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/p5-BSD-Jail-Object/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/p5-Lchown/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/pecl-proctitle/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/pslist/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/pv/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/pwgen/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/py-stdiff/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/pydf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/reed/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/relaxconf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/respond/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ruby-quota/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/rubygem-bundler/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/rubygem-hiera-json/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/rubygem-hiera-puppet/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/rubygem-log4r/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/sshsudo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ssync/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/swapd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/syslogger/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/tbku/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/tentakel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/tren/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/ucspi-proxy/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/unstow/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/uschedule/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/vbetool/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/vpnc-scripts/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/wmbluecpu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/wmcpuload/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/wmcube-gdk/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/xosview/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/zfs-replicate/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--sysutils/zidrav/Makefile2
206 files changed, 206 insertions, 206 deletions
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/bpm/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/bpm/Makefile
index 701e0d2fa1b6..19ff8e12d17d 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/bpm/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/bpm/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.meowfishies.com/code/bpm/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= sethk@meowfishies.com
-COMMENT= A graphical BSD ports collection manager
+COMMENT= Graphical BSD ports collection manager
RUN_DEPENDS= portupgrade:${PORTSDIR}/ports-mgmt/portupgrade \
gnomesu:${PORTSDIR}/security/libgnomesu \
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/bxpkg/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/bxpkg/Makefile
index bf8af7af4c1e..95c7e15e9190 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/bxpkg/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/bxpkg/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://bxpkg.bsdroot.lv/files/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= kpetrikas@gmail.com
-COMMENT= bxPKG is a GTK+ based tool to manage binary packages on BSD systems.
+COMMENT= GTK+ based tool to manage binary packages on BSD systems
USES= pkgconfig
USE_XORG= x11
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/pkg_search/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/pkg_search/Makefile
index aae2e7d90144..3f17377a0c51 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/pkg_search/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/pkg_search/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/~schmidtm/pkg_search/ \
LOCAL/chinsan
MAINTAINER= schmidtm@mathematik.uni-marburg.de
-COMMENT= A nifty script searching the ports database
+COMMENT= Nifty script searching the ports database
PLIST_FILES= bin/pkg_search man/man1/pkg_search.1.gz
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/porteasy/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/porteasy/Makefile
index 1c66cf3e6a28..16c355caa271 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/porteasy/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/porteasy/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= # none
DISTFILES= # none
MAINTAINER= des@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for fetching and building ports
+COMMENT= Tool for fetching and building ports
NO_BUILD= yes
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/portscout/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/portscout/Makefile
index 09d0b6f52184..d30e8461745a 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/portscout/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/portscout/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://mirror.inerd.com/FreeBSD/distfiles/${PORTNAME}/ \
http://www.inerd.com/software/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= shaun@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to scan for new versions of FreeBSD ports
+COMMENT= Tool to scan for new versions of FreeBSD ports
OPTIONS_DEFINE= SQLITE3 DOCS
SQLITE3_DESC= Use SQLite backend instead of PostgreSQL
diff --git a/print/bibcursed/Makefile b/print/bibcursed/Makefile
index ca2469f17ee6..5708733866e5 100644
--- a/print/bibcursed/Makefile
+++ b/print/bibcursed/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple curses-based editor for BibTeX bibliography files
+COMMENT= Simple curses-based editor for BibTeX bibliography files
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/print/c2ps/Makefile b/print/c2ps/Makefile
index ac1a53942695..ad83e2a10f68 100644
--- a/print/c2ps/Makefile
+++ b/print/c2ps/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print
MASTER_SITES= http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/users/c2ps/
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PostScript pretty-printer for C source
+COMMENT= PostScript pretty-printer for C source
LIB_DEPENDS= libpaper.so:${PORTSDIR}/print/libpaper
diff --git a/print/dvi2tty/Makefile b/print/dvi2tty/Makefile
index ac44ecf546fa..d162d4c7792c 100644
--- a/print/dvi2tty/Makefile
+++ b/print/dvi2tty/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.mesa.nl/pub/dvi2tty/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dvi-file previewer for text only devices
+COMMENT= dvi-file previewer for text only devices
CONFLICTS= ja-dvi2tty-[0-9]*
diff --git a/print/fpdf/Makefile b/print/fpdf/Makefile
index d2d48a231a3a..cc7161b57396 100644
--- a/print/fpdf/Makefile
+++ b/print/fpdf/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:S|.||}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= thierry@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A free PHP class to generate PDF files with pure PHP
+COMMENT= Free PHP class to generate PDF files with pure PHP
USE_PHP= zlib
diff --git a/print/freetype/Makefile b/print/freetype/Makefile
index 4150dd2c310f..ecec86823151 100644
--- a/print/freetype/Makefile
+++ b/print/freetype/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF \
ftp://ftp.freetype.org/freetype/freetupe1/
MAINTAINER= doceng@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine
+COMMENT= Free and portable TrueType font rendering engine
USES= desthack libtool:oldver
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/print/gl2ps/Makefile b/print/gl2ps/Makefile
index 5201c3bd63b0..5713d2812a4e 100644
--- a/print/gl2ps/Makefile
+++ b/print/gl2ps/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.geuz.org/gl2ps/src/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= araujo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C library providing vector output for OpenGL application
+COMMENT= C library providing vector output for OpenGL application
USE_GL= yes
USE_XORG= x11 xmu xi
diff --git a/print/gsview/Makefile b/print/gsview/Makefile
index 4ce6b517698a..6ed8a6f42ea9 100644
--- a/print/gsview/Makefile
+++ b/print/gsview/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print
MASTER_SITES= LOCAL/bf
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A GUI to view, search, print, and convert PostScript and PDF documents
+COMMENT= GUI to view, search, print, and convert PostScript and PDF documents
USE_GNOME= gtk12
USE_GHOSTSCRIPT= yes
diff --git a/print/gv/Makefile b/print/gv/Makefile
index abad5855fab5..3d8d3f927b4c 100644
--- a/print/gv/Makefile
+++ b/print/gv/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print
MASTER_SITES= GNU/${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PostScript and PDF previewer
+COMMENT= PostScript and PDF previewer
LIB_DEPENDS= libXaw3d.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/Xaw3d
diff --git a/print/latex-auto-greek/Makefile b/print/latex-auto-greek/Makefile
index 561003fe8b6f..78de287a738a 100644
--- a/print/latex-auto-greek/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-auto-greek/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print
MASTER_SITES= http://waterdeep.physics.upatras.gr/~eelvex/files/
MAINTAINER= mplekos@physics.upatras.gr
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for switching between greek/latintext automatically
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for switching between greek/latintext automatically
USE_TEX= latex
NO_BUILD= YES
diff --git a/print/latex-biblist/Makefile b/print/latex-biblist/Makefile
index e6b140fee187..fedb4dbb582e 100644
--- a/print/latex-biblist/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-biblist/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_ONLY= #empty
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for printing all of a BibTeX database entries
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for printing all of a BibTeX database entries
USE_TEX= latex
NO_BUILD= YES
diff --git a/print/latex-bytefield/Makefile b/print/latex-bytefield/Makefile
index 91d03107efea..a2c0f109ba4f 100644
--- a/print/latex-bytefield/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-bytefield/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES= bytefield.dtx bytefield.ins ${PORTDOCS}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package that utilization diagram of data fields
+COMMENT= LaTeX package that utilization diagram of data fields
USE_TEX= latex
PLIST_SUB= TEXMFDIR=${TEXMFDIR} MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} \
diff --git a/print/latex-caption/Makefile b/print/latex-caption/Makefile
index 9a76f1a51cdc..812f650f52b9 100644
--- a/print/latex-caption/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-caption/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${SRC_FILES} ${PORTDOCS}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package that supports customization of captions
+COMMENT= LaTeX package that supports customization of captions
USE_TEX= latex
PLIST_SUB= MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} \
diff --git a/print/latex-chapterfolder/Makefile b/print/latex-chapterfolder/Makefile
index 68e6423d9eb1..fb94e66416d2 100644
--- a/print/latex-chapterfolder/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-chapterfolder/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${SRC_FILES} ${PORTDOCS}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package that ties section structures and folders
+COMMENT= LaTeX package that ties section structures and folders
USE_TEX= latex
PLIST_SUB= MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} \
diff --git a/print/latex-circ/Makefile b/print/latex-circ/Makefile
index 5785f9726209..32528774e8cc 100644
--- a/print/latex-circ/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-circ/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= latex-
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for typesetting circuit diagrams
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for typesetting circuit diagrams
USES= zip
USE_TEX= latex
diff --git a/print/latex-cjk/Makefile b/print/latex-cjk/Makefile
index ec89ab830c2a..68d7e48daeb4 100644
--- a/print/latex-cjk/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-cjk/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= cjk-${PORTVERSION}
DISTFILES= ${DISTNAME}.tar.gz
MAINTAINER= rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX2e macro package which enables the use of CJK scripts
+COMMENT= LaTeX2e macro package which enables the use of CJK scripts
RUN_DEPENDS= zh-arphicttf>=0:${PORTSDIR}/chinese/arphicttf \
ttf2pk:${PORTSDIR}/print/freetype-tools
diff --git a/print/latex-etoolbox/Makefile b/print/latex-etoolbox/Makefile
index ecfe95ca5bf9..c2082df90f43 100644
--- a/print/latex-etoolbox/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-etoolbox/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}/${DISTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= idolum@users.sourceforge.net
-COMMENT= A toolbox providing programming facilities for LaTeX
+COMMENT= Toolbox providing programming facilities for LaTeX
USES= zip
USE_TEX= latex
diff --git a/print/latex-feynmf/Makefile b/print/latex-feynmf/Makefile
index ef9cb41de4da..d923c59244be 100644
--- a/print/latex-feynmf/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-feynmf/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_ONLY= #empty
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for drawing of Feynman diagrams
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for drawing of Feynman diagrams
USE_TEX= latex
PLIST_SUB= TEXMFDIR=${TEXMFDIR} MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} \
diff --git a/print/latex-keystroke/Makefile b/print/latex-keystroke/Makefile
index 105c07402989..1665ee7465a0 100644
--- a/print/latex-keystroke/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-keystroke/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_ONLY= #empty
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for the graphical representation of the keys
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for the graphical representation of the keys
USE_TEX= latex
NO_BUILD= YES
diff --git a/print/latex-logpap/Makefile b/print/latex-logpap/Makefile
index 68089df52149..c56a5b3db4c6 100644
--- a/print/latex-logpap/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-logpap/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${DOC_FILES} logpap.dtx logpap.ins
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for drawing logarithmic graph paper
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for drawing logarithmic graph paper
PLIST_SUB= TEXMFLOCAL=${TEXMFLOCAL} MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} \
CLASSDIR=${CLASSDIR}
diff --git a/print/latex-nomencl/Makefile b/print/latex-nomencl/Makefile
index 86d5740fbe64..b951dfd15763 100644
--- a/print/latex-nomencl/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-nomencl/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${SRC_FILES} ${PORTDOCS}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package to generate a nomenclature using MakeIndex
+COMMENT= LaTeX package to generate a nomenclature using MakeIndex
USE_TEX= latex
PLIST_SUB= MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} \
diff --git a/print/latex-pgf/Makefile b/print/latex-pgf/Makefile
index 129c6113606d..1f0a696575c3 100644
--- a/print/latex-pgf/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-pgf/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= latex-
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}.tds
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for TeX Portable Graphic Format
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for TeX Portable Graphic Format
NO_BUILD= YES
USES= zip
diff --git a/print/latex-subfloat/Makefile b/print/latex-subfloat/Makefile
index 9a62c2aa0cc3..ee378b016db5 100644
--- a/print/latex-subfloat/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-subfloat/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES= Makefile subfloat.dtx subfloat.ins ${DOC_FILES}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package that enables subnumbering of different floats
+COMMENT= LaTeX package that enables subnumbering of different floats
USE_TEX= latex
PLIST_SUB= TEXMFLOCAL=${TEXMFLOCAL} MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} \
diff --git a/print/latex-supertabular/Makefile b/print/latex-supertabular/Makefile
index de5666dde2eb..de8edb03ff4b 100644
--- a/print/latex-supertabular/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-supertabular/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTFILES= supertabular.dtx supertabular.ins ${DOC_FILES}
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= niedbalski@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for a tabular that spans multiple pages
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for a tabular that spans multiple pages
USE_TEX= latex
PLIST_SUB= TEXMFLOCAL=${TEXMFLOCAL} MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} \
diff --git a/print/latex-svninfo/Makefile b/print/latex-svninfo/Makefile
index c73764fdfefa..74adabb877e9 100644
--- a/print/latex-svninfo/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-svninfo/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= brix
PKGNAMEPREFIX= latex-
MAINTAINER= brix@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for Subversion support
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for Subversion support
LICENSE= LPPL10
diff --git a/print/latex-timing/Makefile b/print/latex-timing/Makefile
index f2e034226e43..3087cfbba4c7 100644
--- a/print/latex-timing/Makefile
+++ b/print/latex-timing/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_ONLY= #empty
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A LaTeX package for drawing timing diagrams
+COMMENT= LaTeX package for drawing timing diagrams
USE_TEX= latex
NO_BUILD= YES
diff --git a/print/lpr-wrapper/Makefile b/print/lpr-wrapper/Makefile
index 57d713f99995..059f190e41c7 100644
--- a/print/lpr-wrapper/Makefile
+++ b/print/lpr-wrapper/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print
MASTER_SITES= http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/lpr-wrapper/download/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A user level printer frontend
+COMMENT= User level printer frontend
RUN_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash \
ppdfilt:${PORTSDIR}/print/libppd \
diff --git a/print/musixtex/Makefile b/print/musixtex/Makefile
index 1e7bc7ab7ba4..77add89bf7cd 100644
--- a/print/musixtex/Makefile
+++ b/print/musixtex/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://icking-music-archive.org/software/musixtex/
DISTFILES= musixtex-${PORTVERSION}.tar.gz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A set of TeX macros to typeset music
+COMMENT= Set of TeX macros to typeset music
BUILD_DEPENDS= initex:${PORTSDIR}/print/tex
RUN_DEPENDS= initex:${PORTSDIR}/print/tex
diff --git a/print/nenscript/Makefile b/print/nenscript/Makefile
index 282c546ea18d..bb71b9217ad9 100644
--- a/print/nenscript/Makefile
+++ b/print/nenscript/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print
MASTER_SITES= http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/im/magnus/nenscript/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A clone of the proprietary enscript program from Adobe Systems
+COMMENT= Clone of the proprietary enscript program from Adobe Systems
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
diff --git a/print/p5-Text-PDF/Makefile b/print/p5-Text-PDF/Makefile
index ef4b1df4a25f..8d9a85541f75 100644
--- a/print/p5-Text-PDF/Makefile
+++ b/print/p5-Text-PDF/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= tobez@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PDF manipulation module
+COMMENT= PDF manipulation module
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME:C/a$//}
diff --git a/print/panda/Makefile b/print/panda/Makefile
index 4dc5b12c3a89..9a3f92870ded 100644
--- a/print/panda/Makefile
+++ b/print/panda/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF \
http://www.stillhq.com/panda/source/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PDF generation library
+COMMENT= PDF generation library
LICENSE= GPLv2 LGPL21
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/print/papersize-default-a4/Makefile b/print/papersize-default-a4/Makefile
index b12f507bbe40..005abad93da6 100644
--- a/print/papersize-default-a4/Makefile
+++ b/print/papersize-default-a4/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${DEFAULTPAPERSIZE:tl}
DISTFILES= # none
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A default paper size configuration file for libpaper
+COMMENT= Default paper size configuration file for libpaper
LIB_DEPENDS= libpaper.so:${PORTSDIR}/print/libpaper
diff --git a/print/pdf-renderer/Makefile b/print/pdf-renderer/Makefile
index ef30d8f528da..08805ee9b0b8 100644
--- a/print/pdf-renderer/Makefile
+++ b/print/pdf-renderer/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://java.net/downloads/${PORTNAME}/
DISTNAME= PDFRenderer-full-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A 100% Java PDF renderer and viewer
+COMMENT= 100% Java PDF renderer and viewer
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/print/pdfcube/Makefile b/print/pdfcube/Makefile
index 88687a24f5fe..25ba1264f241 100644
--- a/print/pdfcube/Makefile
+++ b/print/pdfcube/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print
MASTER_SITES= http://code.100allora.it/releases/pdfcube/
MAINTAINER= lwhsu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An OpenGL presentation viewer on a spinning cube
+COMMENT= OpenGL presentation viewer on a spinning cube
LIB_DEPENDS= libgtkglext-x11-1.0.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/gtkglext \
libpoppler-glib.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/poppler-glib \
diff --git a/print/pdflib/Makefile b/print/pdflib/Makefile
index 5f3d37da7291..f1ef76473288 100644
--- a/print/pdflib/Makefile
+++ b/print/pdflib/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.pdflib.com/binaries/PDFlib/${PORTVERSION:S/.//g}/
DISTNAME= PDFlib-Lite-${PORTVERSION}p3
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C library for dynamically generating PDF
+COMMENT= C library for dynamically generating PDF
RESTRICTED= Many odd restrictions on usage and distribution
diff --git a/print/pdq/Makefile b/print/pdq/Makefile
index 070f1160a48a..80ebd064eccd 100644
--- a/print/pdq/Makefile
+++ b/print/pdq/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://pdq.sourceforge.net/ftp/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A straightforward, flexible print subsystem
+COMMENT= Straightforward, flexible print subsystem
USE_GNOME= gtk12
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/print/pecl-haru/Makefile b/print/pecl-haru/Makefile
index 30b8b70541fc..b1035a073880 100644
--- a/print/pecl-haru/Makefile
+++ b/print/pecl-haru/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= pecl-
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension to Haru PDF functions
+COMMENT= PECL extension to Haru PDF functions
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/include/hpdf.h:${PORTSDIR}/print/libharu
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${LOCALBASE}/include/hpdf.h:${PORTSDIR}/print/libharu
diff --git a/print/pecl-pdflib/Makefile b/print/pecl-pdflib/Makefile
index ed9d18fac52c..aac123c7efa8 100644
--- a/print/pecl-pdflib/Makefile
+++ b/print/pecl-pdflib/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension to create PDF on the fly
+COMMENT= PECL extension to create PDF on the fly
LICENSE= PHP30
diff --git a/print/phppdflib/Makefile b/print/phppdflib/Makefile
index c3e18e06602a..9922a9e1551e 100644
--- a/print/phppdflib/Makefile
+++ b/print/phppdflib/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.potentialtech.com/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tbz
MAINTAINER= sexbear@tmu.edu.tw
-COMMENT= An easy to use API for creating PDF files dynamically
+COMMENT= Easy to use API for creating PDF files dynamically
USE_PHP= yes
WANT_PHP_MOD= yes
diff --git a/print/pscal/Makefile b/print/pscal/Makefile
index b2e630f5cc23..d861b7712841 100644
--- a/print/pscal/Makefile
+++ b/print/pscal/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print
MASTER_SITES= http://www.panix.com/~mbh/pscal/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A utility for generating Postscript calendars
+COMMENT= Utility for generating Postscript calendars
NO_BUILD= yes
PLIST_FILES= bin/pscal
diff --git a/print/py-trml2pdf/Makefile b/print/py-trml2pdf/Makefile
index 48bf47928628..fe9f7509dd02 100644
--- a/print/py-trml2pdf/Makefile
+++ b/print/py-trml2pdf/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/kraft/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= ports@caomhin.org
-COMMENT= Tiny RML2PDF easily creates PDF documents.
+COMMENT= Tiny RML2PDF easily creates PDF documents
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/pildriver.py:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/py-imaging \
${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}reportlab1>=0:${PORTSDIR}/print/py-reportlab1
diff --git a/print/ruby-panda/Makefile b/print/ruby-panda/Makefile
index 99499fce7955..3848a7e2f484 100644
--- a/print/ruby-panda/Makefile
+++ b/print/ruby-panda/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby extension library to access Panda
+COMMENT= Ruby extension library to access Panda
BROKEN= not staged
diff --git a/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
index 0018902ae6f6..3ebe983768da 100644
--- a/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
+++ b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PDF parser conforming as much as possible to the PDF specification
+COMMENT= PDF parser conforming as much as possible to the PDF specification
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-afm>=0.2.0:${PORTSDIR}/print/rubygem-afm \
rubygem-ascii85>=1.0.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-ascii85 \
diff --git a/print/rubygem-pdfwriter/Makefile b/print/rubygem-pdfwriter/Makefile
index 7ad91f268fc1..226b94395b36 100644
--- a/print/rubygem-pdfwriter/Makefile
+++ b/print/rubygem-pdfwriter/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
DISTNAME= pdf-writer-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pure Ruby PDF document creation library
+COMMENT= Pure Ruby PDF document creation library
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-color>=1.4.0:${PORTSDIR}/print/rubygem-color \
rubygem-transactionsimple>=1.4.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-transactionsimple
diff --git a/print/rubygem-prawn-format/Makefile b/print/rubygem-prawn-format/Makefile
index a68800a83908..5b9b46e733d9 100644
--- a/print/rubygem-prawn-format/Makefile
+++ b/print/rubygem-prawn-format/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extension of Prawn that allows inline formatting
+COMMENT= Extension of Prawn that allows inline formatting
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-prawn-core>=0:${PORTSDIR}/print/rubygem-prawn-core
diff --git a/print/rubygem-prawn-layout/Makefile b/print/rubygem-prawn-layout/Makefile
index 44df2a4160db..f96ade5dfe0d 100644
--- a/print/rubygem-prawn-layout/Makefile
+++ b/print/rubygem-prawn-layout/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An Prawn Extension to Provides Table Support and Other Layout
+COMMENT= Prawn Extension to Provides Table Support and Other Layout
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/print/rubygem-prawn-security/Makefile b/print/rubygem-prawn-security/Makefile
index 25d9eceb6289..5ef87102dc9e 100644
--- a/print/rubygem-prawn-security/Makefile
+++ b/print/rubygem-prawn-security/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= print rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extension of Prawn
+COMMENT= Extension of Prawn
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/print/texinfo/Makefile b/print/texinfo/Makefile
index 60602168bd06..02a153e5a703 100644
--- a/print/texinfo/Makefile
+++ b/print/texinfo/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} htmlxref.cnf texinfo.tex texi2dvi
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= johans@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A typeset documentation system with multiple format output
+COMMENT= Typeset documentation system with multiple format output
BUILD_DEPENDS+= help2man:${PORTSDIR}/misc/help2man
diff --git a/russian/gd/Makefile b/russian/gd/Makefile
index 8dfe5c51b834..6e7b4b5de40c 100644
--- a/russian/gd/Makefile
+++ b/russian/gd/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../../graphics/gd
CATEGORIES= russian
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A graphics library for fast image creation with KOI8-U support
+COMMENT= Graphics library for fast image creation with KOI8-U support
FETCH_DEPENDS= ${NONEXISTENT}:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/geminifonts:fetch
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${NONEXISTENT}:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/geminifonts:fetch
diff --git a/russian/xcode/Makefile b/russian/xcode/Makefile
index 2945d5683dbe..1d4b0b9d447e 100644
--- a/russian/xcode/Makefile
+++ b/russian/xcode/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.rusf.ru/books/yo/src/ \
DISTNAME= xcodesrc
MAINTAINER= pankov_p@mail.ru
-COMMENT= A program for converting Russian encodings with care to letter YO
+COMMENT= Program for converting Russian encodings with care to letter YO
USES= zip
PLIST_FILES= bin/xcode
diff --git a/science/2dhf/Makefile b/science/2dhf/Makefile
index 1918375a5cbe..378fb836ed0c 100644
--- a/science/2dhf/Makefile
+++ b/science/2dhf/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-05.05
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= maho@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Numerical Hartree-Fock Program for Diatomic Molecules
+COMMENT= Numerical Hartree-Fock Program for Diatomic Molecules
BUILD_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
.if defined(WITH_INTEL)
diff --git a/science/chemical-mime-data/Makefile b/science/chemical-mime-data/Makefile
index e1d66e3e4785..e262a5545692 100644
--- a/science/chemical-mime-data/Makefile
+++ b/science/chemical-mime-data/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= science
MASTER_SITES= SF/chemical-mime/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= kwm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of chemical MIME types for UNIX desktops
+COMMENT= Collection of chemical MIME types for UNIX desktops
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/librsvg-2.0.pc:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/librsvg2
diff --git a/science/elmer-meshgen2d/Makefile b/science/elmer-meshgen2d/Makefile
index da1618db9331..1bb792a561d5 100644
--- a/science/elmer-meshgen2d/Makefile
+++ b/science/elmer-meshgen2d/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/elmerfem/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= elmer-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Mesh Generation Utility for use with the ELMER FEM package
+COMMENT= Mesh Generation Utility for use with the ELMER FEM package
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
ALL_TARGET=
diff --git a/science/elmergrid/Makefile b/science/elmergrid/Makefile
index df3dfece812c..6e128755abed 100644
--- a/science/elmergrid/Makefile
+++ b/science/elmergrid/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= science
MASTER_SITES= http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/elmerfem/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Mesh Manipulation Utility for use with the ELMER FEM package
+COMMENT= Mesh Manipulation Utility for use with the ELMER FEM package
ALL_TARGET=
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/science/fasthenry/Makefile b/science/fasthenry/Makefile
index 88198f9a4a78..3aa239a9f6d2 100644
--- a/science/fasthenry/Makefile
+++ b/science/fasthenry/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= science cad
MASTER_SITES= http://www.wrcad.com/ftp/pub/ LOCAL/bf
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A multipole-accelerated inductance analysis program
+COMMENT= Multipole-accelerated inductance analysis program
HAS_CONFIGURE= yes
CONFIGURE_SCRIPT= config
diff --git a/science/gamess/Makefile b/science/gamess/Makefile
index dc40a67d99ae..29e23fece258 100644
--- a/science/gamess/Makefile
+++ b/science/gamess/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= gamess-current
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= maho@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A freely obtainable ab-initio molecular orbital calculation program
+COMMENT= Freely obtainable ab-initio molecular orbital calculation program
USES= fortran gmake
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/gamess
diff --git a/science/getdp/Makefile b/science/getdp/Makefile
index d95f5cc982a0..740b794066d4 100644
--- a/science/getdp/Makefile
+++ b/science/getdp/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-source
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= stephen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A rather general finite element solver using mixed finite elements
+COMMENT= Rather general finite element solver using mixed finite elements
LIB_DEPENDS= libgsl.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/gsl \
liblapack.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/lapack
diff --git a/science/gramps/Makefile b/science/gramps/Makefile
index 3e3c97492ae1..1312eda4fef7 100644
--- a/science/gramps/Makefile
+++ b/science/gramps/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/Stable/${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-1
MAINTAINER= freebsd-ports@herveybayaustralia.com.au
-COMMENT= A GTK/GNOME-based genealogy program
+COMMENT= GTK/GNOME-based genealogy program
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/science/h5utils/Makefile b/science/h5utils/Makefile
index d05295b30f32..67861fe47231 100644
--- a/science/h5utils/Makefile
+++ b/science/h5utils/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= science
MASTER_SITES= http://ab-initio.mit.edu/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= aehlig@linta.de
-COMMENT= A set of utilities for visualization and conversion of HDF5 format
+COMMENT= Set of utilities for visualization and conversion of HDF5 format
LICENSE= MIT GPLv2
LICENSE_COMB= multi
diff --git a/science/liblinear/Makefile b/science/liblinear/Makefile
index 98330d899d62..b78536b92738 100644
--- a/science/liblinear/Makefile
+++ b/science/liblinear/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/liblinear/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:C/0$//}
MAINTAINER= rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for Large Linear Classification
+COMMENT= Library for Large Linear Classification
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/science/libsvm/Makefile b/science/libsvm/Makefile
index c5d033e8a909..afd98caa6734 100644
--- a/science/libsvm/Makefile
+++ b/science/libsvm/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:C/0$//}
MAINTAINER= rafan@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for Support Vector Machines
+COMMENT= Library for Support Vector Machines
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/science/mbdyn/Makefile b/science/mbdyn/Makefile
index 1feacee0da19..b8592c2a9d2b 100644
--- a/science/mbdyn/Makefile
+++ b/science/mbdyn/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= science
MASTER_SITES= http://www.aero.polimi.it/~masarati/Download/mbdyn/
MAINTAINER= maho@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A MultiBody Dynamics analysis system
+COMMENT= MultiBody Dynamics analysis system
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/science/mcstas/Makefile b/science/mcstas/Makefile
index a0da34ed1a77..14cc9e9a21e1 100644
--- a/science/mcstas/Makefile
+++ b/science/mcstas/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.mcstas.org/download/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-src
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A neutron ray-trace simulation package
+COMMENT= Neutron ray-trace simulation package
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/science/psi3/Makefile b/science/psi3/Makefile
index 7933f287a0ec..2c58c6f1a71e 100644
--- a/science/psi3/Makefile
+++ b/science/psi3/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR= psi3
EXTRACT_ONLY= ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= maho@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An electronic structure programs for high-accuracy computations
+COMMENT= Electronic structure programs for high-accuracy computations
BROKEN= Fails to build
diff --git a/science/pycdf/Makefile b/science/pycdf/Makefile
index 7a14f14b273a..598f2fa77895 100644
--- a/science/pycdf/Makefile
+++ b/science/pycdf/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/pysclint/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}b
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-0.6-3b
MAINTAINER= wenheping@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A Python Interface to the Unidata NetCDF Library
+COMMENT= Python Interface to the Unidata NetCDF Library
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/numpy:${PORTSDIR}/math/py-numpy
LIB_DEPENDS= libnetcdf.so:${PORTSDIR}/science/netcdf
diff --git a/science/ruby-gphys/Makefile b/science/ruby-gphys/Makefile
index 1a0f92f5168b..20d609cd08f2 100644
--- a/science/ruby-gphys/Makefile
+++ b/science/ruby-gphys/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= murashin@gfd-dennou.org
-COMMENT= A multi-purpose class to handle gridded physical quantities
+COMMENT= Multi-purpose class to handle gridded physical quantities
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS EXAMPLES
diff --git a/science/svmlight/Makefile b/science/svmlight/Makefile
index a975e902aae6..c1b5a713d5b7 100644
--- a/science/svmlight/Makefile
+++ b/science/svmlight/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PATCHFILES= SVMLight.patch
PATCH_DIST_STRIP=-p1
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of Support Vector Machines (SVMs) in C
+COMMENT= Implementation of Support Vector Machines (SVMs) in C
RESTRICTED= only for education and research
diff --git a/science/vmd/Makefile b/science/vmd/Makefile
index 2c2dae33933a..b807d0538a49 100644
--- a/science/vmd/Makefile
+++ b/science/vmd/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${VMD_DIST} \
${STRIDE_DIST}:stride
MAINTAINER= bjk@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A molecular visualization program
+COMMENT= Molecular visualization program
BUILD_DEPENDS= makedepend:${PORTSDIR}/devel/makedepend \
${PYNUMERIC}
diff --git a/security/cfs/Makefile b/security/cfs/Makefile
index d2508967369f..295cb4d70dd7 100644
--- a/security/cfs/Makefile
+++ b/security/cfs/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= http://www.bayofrum.net/dist/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= crees@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A cryptographic file system implemented as a user-space NFS server
+COMMENT= Cryptographic file system implemented as a user-space NFS server
ALL_TARGET= cfs
MAKE_ARGS= CC="${CC}"
diff --git a/security/i2p/Makefile b/security/i2p/Makefile
index 24185326b459..a757eaf117ea 100644
--- a/security/i2p/Makefile
+++ b/security/i2p/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTVERSION} \
DISTFILES= i2psource_${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An anonymizing network
+COMMENT= Anonymizing network
LICENSE= EULA
LICENSE_NAME= End User License Agreement
diff --git a/security/p5-AuthCAS/Makefile b/security/p5-AuthCAS/Makefile
index 86b7fdb71aca..109ad52cc580 100644
--- a/security/p5-AuthCAS/Makefile
+++ b/security/p5-AuthCAS/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:OSALAUN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= fw@moov.de
-COMMENT= A Perl API to Yale's Central Authentication System (CAS)
+COMMENT= Perl API to Yale's Central Authentication System (CAS)
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/security/p5-Crypt-RandPasswd/Makefile b/security/p5-Crypt-RandPasswd/Makefile
index 8dbe6c9e67d9..f6229d9af9fb 100644
--- a/security/p5-Crypt-RandPasswd/Makefile
+++ b/security/p5-Crypt-RandPasswd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of the Automated Password Generator standard
+COMMENT= Implementation of the Automated Password Generator standard
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/security/p5-String-MkPasswd/Makefile b/security/p5-String-MkPasswd/Makefile
index f687b30cc4b6..6d096083a82c 100644
--- a/security/p5-String-MkPasswd/Makefile
+++ b/security/p5-String-MkPasswd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:CGRAU
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= fw@moov.de
-COMMENT= A random password generator
+COMMENT= Random password generator
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/security/p5-dicewaregen/Makefile b/security/p5-dicewaregen/Makefile
index 52b05aebde04..5722da7958c6 100644
--- a/security/p5-dicewaregen/Makefile
+++ b/security/p5-dicewaregen/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://files.bsdroot.lv/my/FreeBSD/distfiles/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= graudeejs@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A simple perl script to generate Diceware dictionaries for passwords
+COMMENT= Simple perl script to generate Diceware dictionaries for passwords
LIB_DEPENDS+= libaspell.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/aspell
diff --git a/security/pad/Makefile b/security/pad/Makefile
index a04768306ae0..c1a20cdf5a4c 100644
--- a/security/pad/Makefile
+++ b/security/pad/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://keyserver.kjsl.com/~jharris/distfiles/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= jharris@widomaker.com
-COMMENT= A command-line utility to encrypt files
+COMMENT= Command-line utility to encrypt files
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_OPENSSL= yes
diff --git a/security/pam_jail/Makefile b/security/pam_jail/Makefile
index eef1b95d46e1..b695c7e33475 100644
--- a/security/pam_jail/Makefile
+++ b/security/pam_jail/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= http://www.triades.net/downloads/
MAINTAINER= damien.bobillot_pam_jail@m4x.org
-COMMENT= A PAM module dropping users in jails after login
+COMMENT= PAM module dropping users in jails after login
LICENSE= BSD
diff --git a/security/pam_krb5/Makefile b/security/pam_krb5/Makefile
index b0fe895b3705..8eaa4a6e0aec 100644
--- a/security/pam_krb5/Makefile
+++ b/security/pam_krb5/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://archives.eyrie.org/software/kerberos/ \
DISTNAME= pam-krb5-${PORTVERSION:S/.r/-rc/}
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Pluggable Authentication Module for Kerberos 5
+COMMENT= Pluggable Authentication Module for Kerberos 5
CONFLICTS= pam_krb5-rh-2.*
diff --git a/security/pam_ldap/Makefile b/security/pam_ldap/Makefile
index b7b0380c13c1..a4853044df45 100644
--- a/security/pam_ldap/Makefile
+++ b/security/pam_ldap/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.padl.com/download/ \
DISTNAME= pam_ldap-${PORTVERSION:S/.//g}
MAINTAINER= marcus@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pam module for authenticating with LDAP
+COMMENT= Pam module for authenticating with LDAP
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_OPENLDAP= yes
diff --git a/security/pam_p11/Makefile b/security/pam_p11/Makefile
index aee68003af3f..4cd21f1b1980 100644
--- a/security/pam_p11/Makefile
+++ b/security/pam_p11/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= SF/opensc/${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PAM module using crypto tokens for auth
+COMMENT= PAM module using crypto tokens for auth
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/security/pam_pwdfile/Makefile b/security/pam_pwdfile/Makefile
index 3e4164627238..c1f5eab4a40a 100644
--- a/security/pam_pwdfile/Makefile
+++ b/security/pam_pwdfile/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= http://cpbotha.net/files/pam_pwdfile/
MAINTAINER= mschout@gkg.net
-COMMENT= A pam module for authenticating with flat passwd files
+COMMENT= Pam module for authenticating with flat passwd files
MAKEFILE= ${FILESDIR}/Makefile.bsd
diff --git a/security/pamtester/Makefile b/security/pamtester/Makefile
index 3a82e145d4fa..224279ac2a2b 100644
--- a/security/pamtester/Makefile
+++ b/security/pamtester/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A command line pam authentication tester
+COMMENT= Command line pam authentication tester
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
CPPFLAGS+= ${CFLAGS}
diff --git a/security/pbnj/Makefile b/security/pbnj/Makefile
index 7764d748bc8d..b5fcc193d6ba 100644
--- a/security/pbnj/Makefile
+++ b/security/pbnj/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A suite of tools to monitor changes on a network
+COMMENT= Suite of tools to monitor changes on a network
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-YAML>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-YAML \
p5-XML-Twig>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-XML-Twig \
diff --git a/security/pear-Crypt_MicroID/Makefile b/security/pear-Crypt_MicroID/Makefile
index 0f8ba3862780..e130c920e1a7 100644
--- a/security/pear-Crypt_MicroID/Makefile
+++ b/security/pear-Crypt_MicroID/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 0.1.0
CATEGORIES= security www pear
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= PHP MicroID library.
+COMMENT= PHP MicroID library
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
diff --git a/security/pecl-ssh2/Makefile b/security/pecl-ssh2/Makefile
index 82cac7972d93..840a9890fb39 100644
--- a/security/pecl-ssh2/Makefile
+++ b/security/pecl-ssh2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= pecl-
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension to the libssh2 library
+COMMENT= PECL extension to the libssh2 library
LIB_DEPENDS= libssh2.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/libssh2
diff --git a/security/pecl-tcpwrap/Makefile b/security/pecl-tcpwrap/Makefile
index e5585602d13b..f1491b35c3ec 100644
--- a/security/pecl-tcpwrap/Makefile
+++ b/security/pecl-tcpwrap/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension which provides tcpwrappers binding
+COMMENT= PECL extension which provides tcpwrappers binding
USE_PHP= yes
USE_PHPEXT= yes
diff --git a/security/php-suhosin/Makefile b/security/php-suhosin/Makefile
index 07d45fb36595..90eae641bd11 100644
--- a/security/php-suhosin/Makefile
+++ b/security/php-suhosin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= php-
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PHP extension that implements high-level protections
+COMMENT= PHP extension that implements high-level protections
LICENSE= PHP301
diff --git a/security/pkcs11-gateway/Makefile b/security/pkcs11-gateway/Makefile
index 3c3574582516..b7817a5ffe89 100644
--- a/security/pkcs11-gateway/Makefile
+++ b/security/pkcs11-gateway/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ale
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A wrapper Cryptoki library to use Linux PKCS\#11 modules
+COMMENT= Wrapper Cryptoki library to use Linux PKCS\#11 modules
LICENSE= LGPL20
diff --git a/security/ruby-camellia/Makefile b/security/ruby-camellia/Makefile
index dd54dbefc204..0b1b2ec3842e 100644
--- a/security/ruby-camellia/Makefile
+++ b/security/ruby-camellia/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-rb-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= osho@pcc-software.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby extension library which implements Camellia encryption
+COMMENT= Ruby extension library which implements Camellia encryption
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBY_SETUP= yes
diff --git a/security/ruby-gpgme/Makefile b/security/ruby-gpgme/Makefile
index fd9e7a131a3f..18f29685dbdf 100644
--- a/security/ruby-gpgme/Makefile
+++ b/security/ruby-gpgme/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby interface to GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME)
+COMMENT= Ruby interface to GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME)
LIB_DEPENDS= libgpgme.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/gpgme
diff --git a/security/ruby-hmac/Makefile b/security/ruby-hmac/Makefile
index 95f9826823bf..3d0dc7b02529 100644
--- a/security/ruby-hmac/Makefile
+++ b/security/ruby-hmac/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library which implements the HMAC algorithm
+COMMENT= Ruby library which implements the HMAC algorithm
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/security/ruby-password/Makefile b/security/ruby-password/Makefile
index 0761f7fd311c..81a78a7ed2b8 100644
--- a/security/ruby-password/Makefile
+++ b/security/ruby-password/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to create, verify, and manipulate passwords
+COMMENT= Ruby library to create, verify, and manipulate passwords
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS EXAMPLES
LIB_DEPENDS= libcrack.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/cracklib
diff --git a/security/rubygem-hmac/Makefile b/security/rubygem-hmac/Makefile
index 6443ba2b2583..be6b7f5783b0 100644
--- a/security/rubygem-hmac/Makefile
+++ b/security/rubygem-hmac/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library which implements the HMAC algorithm
+COMMENT= Ruby library which implements the HMAC algorithm
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/security/rubygem-jugyo-twitter_oauth/Makefile b/security/rubygem-jugyo-twitter_oauth/Makefile
index a19f534e6547..9cadbf16150a 100644
--- a/security/rubygem-jugyo-twitter_oauth/Makefile
+++ b/security/rubygem-jugyo-twitter_oauth/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= meta+ports@vmeta.jp
-COMMENT= A fork of Twitter OAuth REST API client library for Ruby
+COMMENT= Fork of Twitter OAuth REST API client library for Ruby
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-json>=1.1.9:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-json \
rubygem-mime-types>=1.16:${PORTSDIR}/misc/rubygem-mime-types \
diff --git a/security/rubygem-omniauth/Makefile b/security/rubygem-omniauth/Makefile
index 8a6eeacc9d56..c80b660887ac 100644
--- a/security/rubygem-omniauth/Makefile
+++ b/security/rubygem-omniauth/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= Generalized Rack framework for multiple-provider authentication.
+COMMENT= Generalized Rack framework for multiple-provider authentication
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-rack>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/rubygem-rack \
rubygem-hashie>=1.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-hashie
diff --git a/security/scannedonly/Makefile b/security/scannedonly/Makefile
index faf1f0717b54..6d65af3f4ca2 100644
--- a/security/scannedonly/Makefile
+++ b/security/scannedonly/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= http://olivier.sessink.nl/scannedonly/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Samba VFS virus scanning daemon
+COMMENT= Samba VFS virus scanning daemon
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/security/skipfish/Makefile b/security/skipfish/Makefile
index 8bcbce281491..53ca8dddc3a1 100644
--- a/security/skipfish/Makefile
+++ b/security/skipfish/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= zi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool
+COMMENT= Fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool
LICENSE= APACHE20
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/security/slurpie/Makefile b/security/slurpie/Makefile
index 3be6fb75351f..d84ca49f2e4d 100644
--- a/security/slurpie/Makefile
+++ b/security/slurpie/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A passwd file cracker (supports distributed nodes)
+COMMENT= Passwd file cracker (supports distributed nodes)
PLIST_FILES= sbin/slurp sbin/slurpie
PORTDOCS= README
diff --git a/security/slush/Makefile b/security/slush/Makefile
index cc2532b330e7..0b90ff7ab1f5 100644
--- a/security/slush/Makefile
+++ b/security/slush/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_PACKETSTORM}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= crypt/SSL/slush
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A telnet-like application which uses a secure SSL channel
+COMMENT= Telnet-like application which uses a secure SSL channel
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_OPENSSL= yes
diff --git a/security/smurflog/Makefile b/security/smurflog/Makefile
index 62559357931f..9a1ca59448fe 100644
--- a/security/smurflog/Makefile
+++ b/security/smurflog/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= PACKETSTORM/UNIX/loggers
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A program to assist logging of smurf attacks
+COMMENT= Program to assist logging of smurf attacks
USE_CSTD= gnu89
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/security/snort-rep/Makefile b/security/snort-rep/Makefile
index a65e55e3645f..2f98cb1bc37c 100644
--- a/security/snort-rep/Makefile
+++ b/security/snort-rep/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= http://david.schweikert.ch/software/snort-rep/pub/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Snort reporting tool that can produce text or HTML from logs
+COMMENT= Snort reporting tool that can produce text or HTML from logs
USES= shebangfix perl5
SHEBANG_FILES= snort-rep snort-rep-mail
diff --git a/security/spybye/Makefile b/security/spybye/Makefile
index 6bda6e03addb..300c72043c74 100644
--- a/security/spybye/Makefile
+++ b/security/spybye/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security www
MASTER_SITES= http://www.monkey.org/~provos/
MAINTAINER= pauls@utdallas.edu
-COMMENT= A web proxy to detect malware
+COMMENT= Web proxy to detect malware
LIB_DEPENDS= libevent-1.4.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
diff --git a/security/ssdeep/Makefile b/security/ssdeep/Makefile
index 075cb66bcae0..9a2a46835d61 100644
--- a/security/ssdeep/Makefile
+++ b/security/ssdeep/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= nobutaka@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for computing context triggered piecewise hashes
+COMMENT= Tool for computing context triggered piecewise hashes
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/security/ssh_askpass_gtk2/Makefile b/security/ssh_askpass_gtk2/Makefile
index cc1cb4d4f4a2..157e23313d6c 100644
--- a/security/ssh_askpass_gtk2/Makefile
+++ b/security/ssh_askpass_gtk2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.cgabriel.org/download/ssh-askpass-fullscreen/
DISTNAME= ssh-askpass-fullscreen-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= arved@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tiny GTK2 ssh askpass replacement
+COMMENT= Tiny GTK2 ssh askpass replacement
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/security/sshpass/Makefile b/security/sshpass/Makefile
index d5b535eb4e66..64e178efb915 100644
--- a/security/sshpass/Makefile
+++ b/security/sshpass/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/sshpass/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= gaod@hychen.org
-COMMENT= A non-interactive ssh password auth tool
+COMMENT= Non-interactive ssh password auth tool
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/security/sst/Makefile b/security/sst/Makefile
index dd7a697b5df9..bca29df1cf7b 100644
--- a/security/sst/Makefile
+++ b/security/sst/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~pkern/stuff/sst/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= mi@aldan.algebra.com
-COMMENT= A simple SSL tunneling tool (uses netcat)
+COMMENT= Simple SSL tunneling tool (uses netcat)
.if !exists(/usr/bin/nc)
RUN_DEPENDS= netcat:${PORTSDIR}/net/netcat
diff --git a/security/tinc/Makefile b/security/tinc/Makefile
index 0756b13ea77e..761f2f34bc4b 100644
--- a/security/tinc/Makefile
+++ b/security/tinc/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.tinc-vpn.org/packages/ \
http://www.mirrors.wiretapped.net/security/network-security/tinc/
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon
+COMMENT= Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon
LIB_DEPENDS= liblzo2.so:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/lzo2
diff --git a/security/tinysu/Makefile b/security/tinysu/Makefile
index cee8d886a685..ca1ded9ed5b6 100644
--- a/security/tinysu/Makefile
+++ b/security/tinysu/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= http://peff.net/tinysu/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A featureless replacement for su and sudo
+COMMENT= Featureless replacement for su and sudo
PLIST_FILES= bin/tinysu
diff --git a/security/tor-devel/Makefile b/security/tor-devel/Makefile
index bb76da3c3775..f070fe4e96e3 100644
--- a/security/tor-devel/Makefile
+++ b/security/tor-devel/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= TOR
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -devel
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An anonymizing overlay network for TCP
+COMMENT= Anonymizing overlay network for TCP
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/security/tor/Makefile b/security/tor/Makefile
index f8f050161190..3384e5bf9344 100644
--- a/security/tor/Makefile
+++ b/security/tor/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security net ipv6
MASTER_SITES= TOR
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An anonymizing overlay network for TCP
+COMMENT= Anonymizing overlay network for TCP
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/security/vinetto/Makefile b/security/vinetto/Makefile
index 074d7c63b083..a00eedb8c5ce 100644
--- a/security/vinetto/Makefile
+++ b/security/vinetto/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-beta-${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-beta-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A forensics tool to examine Thumbs.db files
+COMMENT= Forensics tool to examine Thumbs.db files
OPTIONS_DEFINE= IMAGING
OPTIONS_DEFAULT= IMAGING
diff --git a/security/vnccrack/Makefile b/security/vnccrack/Makefile
index 308633c68af4..5daa25c1e64e 100644
--- a/security/vnccrack/Makefile
+++ b/security/vnccrack/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= VNCcrack-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= pankov_p@mail.ru
-COMMENT= A fast offline password cracker for VNC passwords
+COMMENT= Fast offline password cracker for VNC passwords
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USE_OPENSSL= yes
diff --git a/security/webfwlog/Makefile b/security/webfwlog/Makefile
index 1fc8a3ca1516..f2688d547524 100644
--- a/security/webfwlog/Makefile
+++ b/security/webfwlog/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= zeus@ix.netcom.com
-COMMENT= A web-based firewall log analyzer
+COMMENT= Web-based firewall log analyzer
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/security/xml-security/Makefile b/security/xml-security/Makefile
index e0703fdbed8c..7fd415a3cc0b 100644
--- a/security/xml-security/Makefile
+++ b/security/xml-security/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= santuario/java-library/${PORTVERSION:S/./_/g}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-src-${PORTVERSION:S/./_/g}
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Java library for XML Signature and Encryption
+COMMENT= Java library for XML Signature and Encryption
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${JAVALIBDIR}/commons-logging.jar:${PORTSDIR}/java/jakarta-commons-logging \
${JAVALIBDIR}/xalan.jar:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/xalan-j
diff --git a/security/xspy/Makefile b/security/xspy/Makefile
index 2d8c23a83457..73e878e92414 100644
--- a/security/xspy/Makefile
+++ b/security/xspy/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= security
MASTER_SITES= http://www.acm.vt.edu/~jmaxwell/programs/xspy/
MAINTAINER= onatan@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A utility for monitoring keystrokes on remote X servers
+COMMENT= Utility for monitoring keystrokes on remote X servers
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
USES= imake:notall
diff --git a/shells/p5-Shell-Perl/Makefile b/shells/p5-Shell-Perl/Makefile
index 73f88b95d1eb..0ad9e3ebd368 100644
--- a/shells/p5-Shell-Perl/Makefile
+++ b/shells/p5-Shell-Perl/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= smatsui@karashi.org
-COMMENT= A read-eval-print loop in Perl
+COMMENT= Read-eval-print loop in Perl
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-Class-Accessor>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Class-Accessor \
p5-YAML>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-YAML \
diff --git a/shells/pear-PHP_Shell/Makefile b/shells/pear-PHP_Shell/Makefile
index 1f85807966f0..2d11f682a3d4 100644
--- a/shells/pear-PHP_Shell/Makefile
+++ b/shells/pear-PHP_Shell/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 0.3.2
CATEGORIES= shells www pear
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An interactive PHP Shell
+COMMENT= Interactive PHP Shell
USE_PHP= pcre tokenizer readline
diff --git a/sysutils/battfink/Makefile b/sysutils/battfink/Makefile
index c6866a97918d..875652572a3f 100644
--- a/sysutils/battfink/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/battfink/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GNOME
DIST_SUBDIR= gnome2
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An energy saving preferences app for GNOME
+COMMENT= Energy saving preferences app for GNOME
USE_XORG= x11
INSTALLS_OMF= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/battmond/Makefile b/sysutils/battmond/Makefile
index 738e21ea6074..e1feed4e2226 100644
--- a/sysutils/battmond/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/battmond/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://ntarmos.dyndns.org/Software/FreeBSD/
MAINTAINER= ntarmos@cs.uoi.gr
-COMMENT= A daemon monitoring the battery level of ACPI-enabled laptops
+COMMENT= Daemon monitoring the battery level of ACPI-enabled laptops
PLIST_FILES= sbin/battmond \
etc/rc.d/battmond \
diff --git a/sysutils/bkpupsd/Makefile b/sysutils/bkpupsd/Makefile
index 0d8a42c49645..d531f6971148 100644
--- a/sysutils/bkpupsd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/bkpupsd/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://ftp.knit.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/pub/Unix/bkpupsd/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple UPS daemon for APC BK Pro(TM)
+COMMENT= Simple UPS daemon for APC BK Pro(TM)
.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/bontmia/Makefile b/sysutils/bontmia/Makefile
index 47d401ec2da5..611be338aef1 100644
--- a/sysutils/bontmia/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/bontmia/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://kosmos.ttyv0.se/attachments/download/37/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A small tool for incremental backups over network
+COMMENT= Small tool for incremental backups over network
RUN_DEPENDS= rsync:${PORTSDIR}/net/rsync
diff --git a/sysutils/ccd2iso/Makefile b/sysutils/ccd2iso/Makefile
index c53e75f79601..a516f7f00c3f 100644
--- a/sysutils/ccd2iso/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ccd2iso/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/OldFiles
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= osa@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A CloneCD to ISO converter
+COMMENT= CloneCD to ISO converter
PLIST_FILES= bin/ccd2iso
diff --git a/sysutils/cdf/Makefile b/sysutils/cdf/Makefile
index aaa5f2443d2a..7714cf53a8e2 100644
--- a/sysutils/cdf/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cdf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_BERLIOS}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= bmp-plugins
MAINTAINER= novel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A colorized df
+COMMENT= Colorized df
PLIST_FILES= bin/cdf
diff --git a/sysutils/cdls/Makefile b/sysutils/cdls/Makefile
index 76a76c0be700..06e56e0c787a 100644
--- a/sysutils/cdls/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cdls/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= ftp://pd7w.fs2a.eu/
MAINTAINER= hans@dehartog.nl
-COMMENT= A curses based file manager for system managers
+COMMENT= Curses based file manager for system managers
PLIST_FILES= bin/cdls
diff --git a/sysutils/cfengine22/Makefile b/sysutils/cfengine22/Makefile
index 9e80292173db..8dfabf546a13 100644
--- a/sysutils/cfengine22/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cfengine22/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= 22
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
# gjb@FreeBSD.org is also committer for this port
-COMMENT= A systems administration tool for networks
+COMMENT= Systems administration tool for networks
FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS= -o ${DISTDIR}/${DISTFILES}
diff --git a/sysutils/cfengine32/Makefile b/sysutils/cfengine32/Makefile
index 445c3ed0aebd..dee2ed413f9c 100644
--- a/sysutils/cfengine32/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cfengine32/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= 32
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
# gjb@FreeBSD.org is an alternate committer for this port
-COMMENT= A systems administration tool for networks
+COMMENT= Systems administration tool for networks
LATEST_LINK= cfengine32
FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS= -o ${DISTDIR}/${DISTFILES}
diff --git a/sysutils/cfengine34/Makefile b/sysutils/cfengine34/Makefile
index 1eac72cf6580..6cdfc5a54c16 100644
--- a/sysutils/cfengine34/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cfengine34/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://s3.amazonaws.com/cfengine.package-repos/tarballs/
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
# gjb@FreeBSD.org is also committer for this port
-COMMENT= A systems administration tool for networks
+COMMENT= Systems administration tool for networks
.if !defined(MASTERDIR)
PKGNAMESUFFIX= 34
diff --git a/sysutils/cfengine35/Makefile b/sysutils/cfengine35/Makefile
index 9be5a892e70b..dc3a3cc8d3fa 100644
--- a/sysutils/cfengine35/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cfengine35/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://s3.amazonaws.com/cfengine.package-repos/tarballs/
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
# gjb@FreeBSD.org is also committer for this port
-COMMENT= A systems administration tool for networks
+COMMENT= Systems administration tool for networks
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/sysutils/cfengine36/Makefile b/sysutils/cfengine36/Makefile
index 109f8778472f..17caea4adaf0 100644
--- a/sysutils/cfengine36/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cfengine36/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://s3.amazonaws.com/cfengine.package-repos/tarballs/
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
# gjb@FreeBSD.org is also committer for this port
-COMMENT= A systems administration tool for networks
+COMMENT= Systems administration tool for networks
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/sysutils/ciso/Makefile b/sysutils/ciso/Makefile
index 7418f8449b67..fd81b8e83b0b 100644
--- a/sysutils/ciso/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ciso/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= blttll@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A tool to compress ISO images to CSO format
+COMMENT= Tool to compress ISO images to CSO format
USES= dos2unix
PLIST_FILES= bin/ciso
diff --git a/sysutils/comiccron/Makefile b/sysutils/comiccron/Makefile
index f1d5c3db0505..43651ffd2798 100644
--- a/sysutils/comiccron/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/comiccron/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=
EXTRACT_ONLY=
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A cron like tool that performs a single pass on a cronfile
+COMMENT= Cron-like tool that performs a single pass on a cronfile
RUN_DEPENDS= p5-DateTime-Event-Cron>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-DateTime-Event-Cron \
p5-DateTime>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-DateTime \
diff --git a/sysutils/confman/Makefile b/sysutils/confman/Makefile
index 1d271df21d5e..c19a8cf14cb5 100644
--- a/sysutils/confman/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/confman/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://www.timesinks.net/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= ccowart@timesinks.net
-COMMENT= A revision controlled configuration manager
+COMMENT= Revision controlled configuration manager
RUN_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash \
svn:${PORTSDIR}/devel/subversion16 \
diff --git a/sysutils/crashme/Makefile b/sysutils/crashme/Makefile
index 82e7dc2958e0..c88235ad247a 100644
--- a/sysutils/crashme/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/crashme/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= crashme
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= gjc@alum.mit.edu
-COMMENT= A tool to test an operating system's robustness
+COMMENT= Tool to test an operating system's robustness
# according to license.rtf, and using the most restrictive one:
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/sysutils/dc3dd/Makefile b/sysutils/dc3dd/Makefile
index ac3b93bf7ab9..440ac8afc8c1 100644
--- a/sysutils/dc3dd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/dc3dd/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/7.1.0
MAINTAINER= nobutaka@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dd program useful for computer forensics
+COMMENT= dd program useful for computer forensics
USE_BZIP2= yes
USES= gettext iconv gmake
diff --git a/sysutils/dcfldd/Makefile b/sysutils/dcfldd/Makefile
index 16fa91b0be4a..851ddba3b40c 100644
--- a/sysutils/dcfldd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/dcfldd/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${DISTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= nobutaka@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An enhanced dd tool with MD5 hashing capability
+COMMENT= Enhanced dd tool with MD5 hashing capability
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/ddpt/Makefile b/sysutils/ddpt/Makefile
index 61c42844f677..1b3dcdcead1f 100644
--- a/sysutils/ddpt/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ddpt/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= delphij@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dd tool that specializes in files that are block devices
+COMMENT= dd tool that specializes in files that are block devices
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/sysutils/doinkd/Makefile b/sysutils/doinkd/Makefile
index 7d2d088d39e3..c01834730335 100644
--- a/sysutils/doinkd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/doinkd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF/idled/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A daemon that logs out idle users and those users hogging resources
+COMMENT= Daemon that logs out idle users and those users hogging resources
USE_RC_SUBR= ${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/sysutils/dolly/Makefile b/sysutils/dolly/Makefile
index 39776eda8d27..6c2582c091e6 100644
--- a/sysutils/dolly/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/dolly/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.cs.inf.ethz.ch/CoPs/patagonia/dolly/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}.${DISTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A program to clone harddisks/partitions over a fast switched network
+COMMENT= Program to clone harddisks/partitions over a fast switched network
OPTIONS_DEFINE= BZIP2 HIGHEST_COMPRESSION DOCS
OPTIONS_DEFAULT= BZIP2 HIGHEST_COMPRESSION
diff --git a/sysutils/downtime/Makefile b/sysutils/downtime/Makefile
index aa981631ba5d..96678a158bde 100644
--- a/sysutils/downtime/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/downtime/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://www.nickwithers.com/downtime/
MAINTAINER= nick@nickwithers.com
-COMMENT= A GTK-based shutdown manager using shutdown(8)
+COMMENT= GTK-based shutdown manager using shutdown(8)
USES= desktop-file-utils pkgconfig shared-mime-info
USE_GNOME= gtk20
diff --git a/sysutils/dvdimagecmp/Makefile b/sysutils/dvdimagecmp/Makefile
index 67fd85551379..c06e93efe0d2 100644
--- a/sysutils/dvdimagecmp/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/dvdimagecmp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= apps/video
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@thepentagon.org
-COMMENT= A simple tool for comparing an image to a burned disc
+COMMENT= Simple tool for comparing an image to a burned disc
USES= gmake
diff --git a/sysutils/eroaster/Makefile b/sysutils/eroaster/Makefile
index 5b146bbe52b1..11862b094608 100644
--- a/sysutils/eroaster/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/eroaster/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/Development/2.2.0-0.6
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-2.2.0-0.6
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A GNOME2 frontend to mkisofs/cdrecord
+COMMENT= GNOME2 frontend to mkisofs/cdrecord
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/gtk-2.0/gnome/_gnome.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/py-gnome2 \
cdrecord:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/cdrtools
diff --git a/sysutils/fcron/Makefile b/sysutils/fcron/Makefile
index 46fddf71d12a..a9dc47791dda 100644
--- a/sysutils/fcron/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/fcron/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= system/daemons/cron
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.src
MAINTAINER= rde@tavi.co.uk
-COMMENT= A periodic command scheduler
+COMMENT= Periodic command scheduler
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS EXAMPLES
diff --git a/sysutils/ffs2recov/Makefile b/sysutils/ffs2recov/Makefile
index 665f28d80925..21d505e944c1 100644
--- a/sysutils/ffs2recov/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ffs2recov/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://www.exit.com/Archives/FreeBSD/
MAINTAINER= sten@blinkenlights.nl
-COMMENT= A utility to recover UFS2 filesystems
+COMMENT= Utility to recover UFS2 filesystems
USE_BZIP2= yes
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/sysutils/flog/Makefile b/sysutils/flog/Makefile
index 4d42c6c2b565..4ef8f4abc152 100644
--- a/sysutils/flog/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/flog/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://oss.ezic.com/flog/ \
ftp://ftp.nuug.no/pub/anders/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= anders@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A small STDIN-to-file logger with support for log rotation
+COMMENT= Small STDIN-to-file logger with support for log rotation
PORTDOCS= README
diff --git a/sysutils/freedt/Makefile b/sysutils/freedt/Makefile
index 1dfff27aef79..37906d9c6076 100644
--- a/sysutils/freedt/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/freedt/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://offog.org/files/ \
http://ftp.i-scream.org/pub/offog.org/files/
MAINTAINER= tdb@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An experimental reimplementation of Dan Bernstein's daemontools
+COMMENT= Experimental reimplementation of Dan Bernstein's daemontools
CONFLICTS= daemontools-[0-9]*
diff --git a/sysutils/fsc/Makefile b/sysutils/fsc/Makefile
index e12161e5311f..f3a07eb04113 100644
--- a/sysutils/fsc/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/fsc/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= LOCAL
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= trhodes
MAINTAINER= trhodes@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= The FreeBSD Services Control family of utilties.
+COMMENT= The FreeBSD Services Control family of utilities
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/fsc
diff --git a/sysutils/fusefs-chironfs/Makefile b/sysutils/fusefs-chironfs/Makefile
index 0f11a03fd2c3..90b9b5e53095 100644
--- a/sysutils/fusefs-chironfs/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/fusefs-chironfs/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
PKGNAMEPREFIX= fusefs-
MAINTAINER= leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A FUSE based filesystem with replication at the filesystem level
+COMMENT= FUSE based filesystem with replication at the filesystem level
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
CPPFLAGS+= -I${LOCALBASE}/include
diff --git a/sysutils/fusefs-cryptofs/Makefile b/sysutils/fusefs-cryptofs/Makefile
index ecfe826f06ab..31f7345c745d 100644
--- a/sysutils/fusefs-cryptofs/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/fusefs-cryptofs/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://reboot78.re.funpic.de/cryptofs/
PKGNAMEPREFIX= fusefs-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A encrypted filesystem for FUSE
+COMMENT= Encrypted filesystem for FUSE
LIB_DEPENDS= libgcrypt.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/libgcrypt \
libglib-2.0.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/glib20
diff --git a/sysutils/fusefs-encfs/Makefile b/sysutils/fusefs-encfs/Makefile
index 7e0ac9788583..17eae1b94207 100644
--- a/sysutils/fusefs-encfs/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/fusefs-encfs/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= fusefs-
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An encrypted pass-through FUSE filesystem
+COMMENT= Encrypted pass-through FUSE filesystem
LIB_DEPENDS= librlog.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rlog \
libboost_serialization.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-libs
diff --git a/sysutils/gcombust/Makefile b/sysutils/gcombust/Makefile
index ed1dbd2c6ed5..0d1606ac0cf1 100644
--- a/sysutils/gcombust/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gcombust/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://mirror.symnds.com/software/misc/ \
http://www.egr.msu.edu/~mcdouga9/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A GTK+ frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord
+COMMENT= GTK+ frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/sysutils/gconf-editor/Makefile b/sysutils/gconf-editor/Makefile
index e75e62856b36..6d86fd4d93b6 100644
--- a/sysutils/gconf-editor/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gconf-editor/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= GNOME
DIST_SUBDIR= gnome2
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A gconf database editor for the GNOME 2 environment
+COMMENT= Gconf database editor for the GNOME 2 environment
USES= gettext gmake pkgconfig tar:bzip2
INSTALLS_OMF= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/gkfreq/Makefile b/sysutils/gkfreq/Makefile
index 1291b197e00e..ce52a38ed985 100644
--- a/sysutils/gkfreq/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gkfreq/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ume@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A plugin to GKrellM that displays the current CPU frequencies
+COMMENT= Plugin to GKrellM that displays the current CPU frequencies
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/gkrellm.pc:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/gkrellm2
RUN_DEPENDS= gkrellm:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/gkrellm2
diff --git a/sysutils/gkrellflynn/Makefile b/sysutils/gkrellflynn/Makefile
index d8becc748c6c..7543bc1358c6 100644
--- a/sysutils/gkrellflynn/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gkrellflynn/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://mirror.amdmi3.ru/distfiles/ \
http://horus.comlab.uni-rostock.de/flynn/
MAINTAINER= amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tiny system load meter for gkrellm
+COMMENT= Tiny system load meter for gkrellm
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/include/gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/gkrellm2
RUN_DEPENDS= gkrellm:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/gkrellm2
diff --git a/sysutils/gkrellm2/Makefile b/sysutils/gkrellm2/Makefile
index d060f0867fc6..7ab024fc8ed9 100644
--- a/sysutils/gkrellm2/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gkrellm2/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ume
PKGNAMESUFFIX= 2
MAINTAINER= ume@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A GTK based system monitor
+COMMENT= GTK based system monitor
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/sysutils/gnomebaker/Makefile b/sysutils/gnomebaker/Makefile
index ab90f240f936..435229e73294 100644
--- a/sysutils/gnomebaker/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gnomebaker/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
DIST_SUBDIR= gnome2
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A CD/DVD recording GUI for Gnome
+COMMENT= CD/DVD recording GUI for Gnome
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DVD
DVD_DESC= DVD support
diff --git a/sysutils/gpte/Makefile b/sysutils/gpte/Makefile
index efefccaa48d4..6b8ec70f1558 100644
--- a/sysutils/gpte/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gpte/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= ftp://segfault.kiev.ua/pub/
MAINTAINER= netch@segfault.kiev.ua
-COMMENT= A simple command-line GPT partition editor
+COMMENT= Simple command-line GPT partition editor
PLIST_FILES= bin/gpte \
man/man8/gpte.8.gz
diff --git a/sysutils/hatop/Makefile b/sysutils/hatop/Makefile
index 07fc9da404a4..f0c9f4a99ef7 100644
--- a/sysutils/hatop/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/hatop/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils net
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
MAINTAINER= ports@christianserving.org
-COMMENT= An interactive real-time monitoring tool for the HAProxy unix socket
+COMMENT= Interactive real-time monitoring tool for the HAProxy unix socket
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/sbin/haproxy:${PORTSDIR}/net/haproxy
diff --git a/sysutils/hdrecover/Makefile b/sysutils/hdrecover/Makefile
index 78406df0d11d..0f20f24ab51c 100644
--- a/sysutils/hdrecover/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/hdrecover/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= Attempts to recover a hard disk that has bad blocks on it.
+COMMENT= Attempts to recover a hard disk that has bad blocks on it
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/sysutils/ipsc/Makefile b/sysutils/ipsc/Makefile
index a35758a036f8..9424db9925cf 100644
--- a/sysutils/ipsc/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ipsc/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/ipsc/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}.orig
MAINTAINER= cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An IP Subnet Calculator
+COMMENT= IP Subnet Calculator
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PRIPS_WRKSRC}/prips.o:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/prips:build
diff --git a/sysutils/jailadmin/Makefile b/sysutils/jailadmin/Makefile
index 0dce1bb29fb1..7f18e172502b 100644
--- a/sysutils/jailadmin/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/jailadmin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://subwiki.honeypot.net/pub/Freebsd/JailAdmin/
DISTNAME= jailadmin-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A system for managing a set of named jails
+COMMENT= System for managing a set of named jails
USES= perl5
diff --git a/sysutils/jailme/Makefile b/sysutils/jailme/Makefile
index 3313bb562fc1..cd9ad1fe9390 100644
--- a/sysutils/jailme/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/jailme/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/code/jailme/
MAINTAINER= wmoran@collaborativefusion.com
-COMMENT= A setuid version of jexec to allow normal users access to jails
+COMMENT= setuid version of jexec to allow normal users access to jails
PLIST_FILES= sbin/jailme
diff --git a/sysutils/knutclient-kde4/Makefile b/sysutils/knutclient-kde4/Makefile
index fb134d28e36f..5f88876cc081 100644
--- a/sysutils/knutclient-kde4/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/knutclient-kde4/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.buzuluk.cz/pub/alo/knutclient/stable/ \
http://www.vg.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/gentoo/source/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= rnejdl@ringofsaturn.com
-COMMENT= A visual client for UPS system NUT
+COMMENT= Visual client for UPS system NUT
LIB_DEPENDS= libqimageblitz.so:${PORTSDIR}/x11/qimageblitz
diff --git a/sysutils/logwatch/Makefile b/sysutils/logwatch/Makefile
index f7718438e9a4..dfb8adef6e30 100644
--- a/sysutils/logwatch/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/logwatch/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= trix@basement.net
-COMMENT= A log file analysis program
+COMMENT= Log file analysis program
LICENSE= MIT
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/sysutils/mdcp/Makefile b/sysutils/mdcp/Makefile
index 6227af64d268..26e35567cdd6 100644
--- a/sysutils/mdcp/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/mdcp/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/shine
MAINTAINER= wamonzyne@hotmail.com
-COMMENT= A fastest utility for copy from a disk device for many
+COMMENT= Fastest utility for copy from a disk device for many
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USES= gmake
diff --git a/sysutils/mixer/Makefile b/sysutils/mixer/Makefile
index 2a795d3b3647..959cef8de95d 100644
--- a/sysutils/mixer/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/mixer/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTFILES= # empty
EXTRACT_ONLY= # empty
MAINTAINER= mwm@mired.org
-COMMENT= A startup/shutdown script to preserve mixer settings across reboots
+COMMENT= Startup/shutdown script to preserve mixer settings across reboots
NO_BUILD= yes
PLIST_FILES= etc/rc.d/mixer.sh
diff --git a/sysutils/mkntpwd/Makefile b/sysutils/mkntpwd/Makefile
index 1ef2fa6237c4..db3b248ad031 100644
--- a/sysutils/mkntpwd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/mkntpwd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ldaputils/Contrib/mkntpwd
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= pcTA@cs.nctu.edu.tw
-COMMENT= A utility to create Samba password hashes
+COMMENT= Utility to create Samba password hashes
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
PLIST_FILES= bin/mkntpwd
diff --git a/sysutils/monitorix/Makefile b/sysutils/monitorix/Makefile
index 7c1a5b93b234..845239c371fd 100644
--- a/sysutils/monitorix/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/monitorix/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.monitorix.org/ \
http://www.bayofrum.net/dist/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= crees@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A web based monitoring system
+COMMENT= Web based monitoring system
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/sysutils/ods2/Makefile b/sysutils/ods2/Makefile
index d424c714239e..db6bf960166e 100644
--- a/sysutils/ods2/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ods2/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.lugs.ch/~dussuett/
DISTNAME= ods2
MAINTAINER= dussuett@wigwam.ethz.ch
-COMMENT= An utility for manipulating ODS-2 filesystems
+COMMENT= Utility for manipulating ODS-2 filesystems
USES= zip
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/openupsd/Makefile b/sysutils/openupsd/Makefile
index 604c57a4c8cf..88a17ec8bbc8 100644
--- a/sysutils/openupsd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/openupsd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://frmb.org/download/
MAINTAINER= tdb@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A UPS daemon for some Belkin UPS's
+COMMENT= UPS daemon for some Belkin UPS's
USE_RC_SUBR= ${PORTNAME}
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/p5-BSD-Jail-Object/Makefile b/sysutils/p5-BSD-Jail-Object/Makefile
index 7ef475ba9c2c..320e4203e203 100644
--- a/sysutils/p5-BSD-Jail-Object/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/p5-BSD-Jail-Object/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= mahlon@martini.nu
-COMMENT= An object oriented perl interface to jail(2)
+COMMENT= Object oriented perl interface to jail(2)
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Inline>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Inline
diff --git a/sysutils/p5-Lchown/Makefile b/sysutils/p5-Lchown/Makefile
index 0eea86ec7f3d..67671945ad8f 100644
--- a/sysutils/p5-Lchown/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/p5-Lchown/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:NCLEATON
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= jeffrey@goldmark.org
-COMMENT= A perl5 module providing access to lchown(2)
+COMMENT= Perl5 module providing access to lchown(2)
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= modbuild
diff --git a/sysutils/pecl-proctitle/Makefile b/sysutils/pecl-proctitle/Makefile
index 1fff23378e0b..fa55484c8a30 100644
--- a/sysutils/pecl-proctitle/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/pecl-proctitle/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= flo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension that allows changing the current process' name
+COMMENT= PECL extension that allows changing the current process' name
USE_PHP= yes
USE_PHPEXT= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/pslist/Makefile b/sysutils/pslist/Makefile
index b81abc18f451..49f2ba6e6508 100644
--- a/sysutils/pslist/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/pslist/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://devel.ringlet.net/sysutils/pslist/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A utility to view or send signals to processes with all their children
+COMMENT= Utility to view or send signals to processes with all their children
USES= perl5 shebangfix
USE_PERL5= run
diff --git a/sysutils/pv/Makefile b/sysutils/pv/Makefile
index 1d8d7f8ec362..9f101a8b95a1 100644
--- a/sysutils/pv/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/pv/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/
MAINTAINER= martymac@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pipe throughput monitor
+COMMENT= Pipe throughput monitor
LICENSE= ART20
diff --git a/sysutils/pwgen/Makefile b/sysutils/pwgen/Makefile
index 3553b8db9ee8..72159d27c8e9 100644
--- a/sysutils/pwgen/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/pwgen/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= andrey@hm.perm.ru
-COMMENT= A small, powerful, GPL'ed password generator
+COMMENT= Small, powerful, GPL'ed password generator
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USES= perl5
diff --git a/sysutils/py-stdiff/Makefile b/sysutils/py-stdiff/Makefile
index b50924fb473d..efea8d3734cb 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-stdiff/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/py-stdiff/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils python
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= araujo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= Spot The Difference is a file integrity checker.
+COMMENT= Spot The Difference is a file integrity checker
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/pydf/Makefile b/sysutils/pydf/Makefile
index bf5ab62095d2..8d308ceceb74 100644
--- a/sysutils/pydf/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/pydf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/software/pydf/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= baptiste@bapt.name
-COMMENT= A python implementation of df
+COMMENT= Python implementation of df
LICENSE= unknown
LICENSE_NAME= Public Domain
diff --git a/sysutils/reed/Makefile b/sysutils/reed/Makefile
index df907372565a..e9c2b9b56b6b 100644
--- a/sysutils/reed/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/reed/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://www.bayofrum.net/dist/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= crees@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A text pager with autoscrolling and more
+COMMENT= Text pager with autoscrolling and more
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/sysutils/relaxconf/Makefile b/sysutils/relaxconf/Makefile
index 2f2f07e661f7..02a0175e9b8e 100644
--- a/sysutils/relaxconf/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/relaxconf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF/relaxbsd/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A set of text menu based utilities for configuring RelaxBSD LiveCD
+COMMENT= Set of text menu based utilities for configuring RelaxBSD LiveCD
BUILD_DEPENDS= cdialog:${PORTSDIR}/devel/cdialog
RUN_DEPENDS= cdialog:${PORTSDIR}/devel/cdialog \
diff --git a/sysutils/respond/Makefile b/sysutils/respond/Makefile
index 770ed3515229..861fb3167b69 100644
--- a/sysutils/respond/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/respond/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 1.3
CATEGORIES= sysutils
MAINTAINER= j.witteveen@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A response automator for logged events
+COMMENT= Response automator for logged events
LICENSE= BSD2CLAUSE
diff --git a/sysutils/ruby-quota/Makefile b/sysutils/ruby-quota/Makefile
index f837432a451b..5ae5f999e5dc 100644
--- a/sysutils/ruby-quota/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ruby-quota/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ruby-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to manipulate filesystem quotas
+COMMENT= Ruby library to manipulate filesystem quotas
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS EXAMPLES
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-bundler/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-bundler/Makefile
index 1583d2fc0435..5d0b546b5dac 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-bundler/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-bundler/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool that manages gem dependencies for ruby applications
+COMMENT= Tool that manages gem dependencies for ruby applications
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-hiera-json/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-hiera-json/Makefile
index 1877fbf4ff40..f7720d081721 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-hiera-json/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-hiera-json/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= mat@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A backend for Hiera that queries JSON data
+COMMENT= Backend for Hiera that queries JSON data
RUN_DEPENDS= puppet>=0:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/puppet \
rubygem-hiera>=1.0:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/rubygem-hiera \
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-hiera-puppet/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-hiera-puppet/Makefile
index 2affd886fe7d..850d72ecf707 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-hiera-puppet/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-hiera-puppet/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= mat@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A data backend for Hiera that queries the Puppet scope for data
+COMMENT= Data backend for Hiera that queries the Puppet scope for data
RUN_DEPENDS= puppet27>=0:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/puppet27 \
rubygem-hiera>=1.0:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/rubygem-hiera
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-log4r/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-log4r/Makefile
index 5d8ae604c244..d798c1d348d3 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-log4r/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-log4r/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A flexible logging library for use in Ruby programs
+COMMENT= Flexible logging library for use in Ruby programs
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/sshsudo/Makefile b/sysutils/sshsudo/Makefile
index b1af464b6697..975e62c00f9f 100644
--- a/sysutils/sshsudo/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/sshsudo/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= #
EXTRACT_ONLY= #
MAINTAINER= gaod@hychen.org
-COMMENT= A bash script to run sudo command on multiple remote computers
+COMMENT= Bash script to run sudo command on multiple remote computers
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/sysutils/ssync/Makefile b/sysutils/ssync/Makefile
index 8bb3c5e8e425..8d02003695a7 100644
--- a/sysutils/ssync/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ssync/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://linuxfocus.org/~guido/
MAINTAINER= samm@os2.kiev.ua
-COMMENT= A minimalistic tool for keeping filesystems in synchronization
+COMMENT= Minimalistic tool for keeping filesystems in synchronization
USES= gmake
diff --git a/sysutils/swapd/Makefile b/sysutils/swapd/Makefile
index 2e2a0cba6c0a..0c7bcb394a44 100644
--- a/sysutils/swapd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/swapd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://www.rkeene.org/files/oss/swapd/
MAINTAINER= leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A daemon that watches free memory and manages swap files
+COMMENT= Daemon that watches free memory and manages swap files
LIB_DEPENDS= libstatgrab.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libstatgrab
diff --git a/sysutils/syslogger/Makefile b/sysutils/syslogger/Makefile
index b8a7f4414053..d098325e8263 100644
--- a/sysutils/syslogger/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/syslogger/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://oav.net/projects/syslogger/
MAINTAINER= kiwi@oav.net
-COMMENT= A logger(1) like tool that sends file or pipe througth syslog
+COMMENT= Logger(1) like tool that sends file or pipe througth syslog
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/sysutils/tbku/Makefile b/sysutils/tbku/Makefile
index 14bae1ee759e..a9bd8154fbd2 100644
--- a/sysutils/tbku/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/tbku/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://www.tundraware.com/Software/tbku/
MAINTAINER= tbku@tundraware.com
-COMMENT= A Tool For Incremental And Imaging Backups
+COMMENT= Tool For Incremental And Imaging Backups
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
diff --git a/sysutils/tentakel/Makefile b/sysutils/tentakel/Makefile
index bc57e271276d..6d0e09ba69a6 100644
--- a/sysutils/tentakel/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/tentakel/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A program for executing commands on many hosts in parallel
+COMMENT= Program for executing commands on many hosts in parallel
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/py
diff --git a/sysutils/tren/Makefile b/sysutils/tren/Makefile
index 2166679abe58..e86c1500c282 100644
--- a/sysutils/tren/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/tren/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils python
MASTER_SITES= http://www.tundraware.com/Software/tren/
MAINTAINER= tren@tundraware.com
-COMMENT= A Powerful File And Directory Batch Renaming Tool
+COMMENT= Powerful File And Directory Batch Renaming Tool
USE_PYTHON= yes
PLIST_FILES= bin/tren.py man/man1/tren.1.gz
diff --git a/sysutils/ucspi-proxy/Makefile b/sysutils/ucspi-proxy/Makefile
index 6ca7ad82f00d..3da6d189984d 100644
--- a/sysutils/ucspi-proxy/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ucspi-proxy/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://untroubled.org/ucspi-proxy/
MAINTAINER= dale.woolridge@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A proxy program for UCSPI servers and clients
+COMMENT= Proxy program for UCSPI servers and clients
LIB_DEPENDS= libbg.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/bglibs
diff --git a/sysutils/unstow/Makefile b/sysutils/unstow/Makefile
index 70e221a2b494..498f22b3de75 100644
--- a/sysutils/unstow/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/unstow/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.github.com/ \
DISTNAME= knu-stow-utils-885c88a
MAINTAINER= knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A script to unstow packages much faster than stow -D
+COMMENT= Script to unstow packages much faster than stow -D
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/uschedule/Makefile b/sysutils/uschedule/Makefile
index 8c1fb04f4154..151ab078fef0 100644
--- a/sysutils/uschedule/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/uschedule/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= http://www.ohse.de/uwe/uschedule/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A scheduler program, designed to replace cron(8) and at(1)
+COMMENT= Scheduler program, designed to replace cron(8) and at(1)
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/tai64nlocal:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/daemontools
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/multilog:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/daemontools
diff --git a/sysutils/vbetool/Makefile b/sysutils/vbetool/Makefile
index f26bf821b03f..d624d1e61f00 100644
--- a/sysutils/vbetool/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/vbetool/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/vbetool/download/ \
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= jkim
MAINTAINER= jkim@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An application for executing video card BIOS code
+COMMENT= Application for executing video card BIOS code
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/sysutils/vpnc-scripts/Makefile b/sysutils/vpnc-scripts/Makefile
index 6845caae7dcf..6b0f7eaffafd 100644
--- a/sysutils/vpnc-scripts/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/vpnc-scripts/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/${PORTNAME}/ \
http://mirrors.rit.edu/zi/
MAINTAINER= zi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of scripts to setup routes and other changes for a VPN
+COMMENT= Collection of scripts to setup routes and other changes for a VPN
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYING
diff --git a/sysutils/wmbluecpu/Makefile b/sysutils/wmbluecpu/Makefile
index 048a89e5d75f..1fbe45fc10bc 100644
--- a/sysutils/wmbluecpu/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/wmbluecpu/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= X11/xutils
MAINTAINER= benjsc@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A CPU monitoring dockapp
+COMMENT= CPU monitoring dockapp
USES= tar:bzip2
USE_XORG= xpm
diff --git a/sysutils/wmcpuload/Makefile b/sysutils/wmcpuload/Makefile
index 3c4956092388..9298bcc64150 100644
--- a/sysutils/wmcpuload/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/wmcpuload/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils windowmaker
MASTER_SITES= http://seiichisato.jp/dockapps/src/
MAINTAINER= xride@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An "lcd" dockapp for windowmaker, which displays the current cpuload
+COMMENT= "lcd" dockapp for windowmaker, which displays the current cpuload
USES= tar:bzip2
USE_XORG= xpm
diff --git a/sysutils/wmcube-gdk/Makefile b/sysutils/wmcube-gdk/Makefile
index ad36b259da97..3a66ae4278c3 100644
--- a/sysutils/wmcube-gdk/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/wmcube-gdk/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -gdk
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= garga@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A modified version of the dockapp wmCube
+COMMENT= Modified version of the dockapp wmCube
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/sysutils/xosview/Makefile b/sysutils/xosview/Makefile
index 2d26eae1c472..b26243065be9 100644
--- a/sysutils/xosview/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/xosview/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A graphical performance meter
+COMMENT= Graphical performance meter
USE_XORG= xpm
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/sysutils/zfs-replicate/Makefile b/sysutils/zfs-replicate/Makefile
index 0f463ddb9971..e402fd86c7d6 100644
--- a/sysutils/zfs-replicate/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/zfs-replicate/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/resource/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_v${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= jnlin@csie.nctu.edu.tw
-COMMENT= A ZFS Snapshot Replication Script
+COMMENT= ZFS Snapshot Replication Script
RUN_DEPENDS= ksh:${PORTSDIR}/shells/pdksh
diff --git a/sysutils/zidrav/Makefile b/sysutils/zidrav/Makefile
index f483bb03d45b..da6f3811f208 100644
--- a/sysutils/zidrav/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/zidrav/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}4unix/${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= zidrav4unix-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= dinoex@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A file corruption detection and repair program
+COMMENT= File corruption detection and repair program
LICENSE= GPLv2