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-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
86 files changed, 86 insertions, 86 deletions
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