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-rw-r--r--textproc/aft/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/antiword/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/apertium/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/artha/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/bbe/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/cbedic/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/chm2pdf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/denature/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/dictionary/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/discount/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ecromedos/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/elasticsearch/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/estraier/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/fex/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/filepp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/fist/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/fixrtf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/foiltex/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/gladtex/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/grap/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/hgrep/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/hyperestraier/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/jade/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/jarnal/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/jing/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/jshon/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/libkmfl/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/libxode/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/libyaml/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/m17n-im-config/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/markdown/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/mguesser/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/mkcatalog/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/muse/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ocaml-csv/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/opensched/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Hailo/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Summarize/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-MARC-Lint/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-MARC-XML/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-MARC/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-PDF-Create/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Perl-Critic-Bangs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Pod-Spell/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-String-Truncate/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Text-Extract-Word/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Text-FillIn/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Text-Graphics/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Text-Repository/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-Text-Textile/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/p5-XML-Validate/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/pear-File_Fortune/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/pecl-ctemplate/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/pecl-html_parse/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/pecl-stem/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/pecl-syck/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/pecl-wbxml/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/pecl-xdiff/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/publican/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/py-4suite-xml/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/py-Chameleon/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/py-errorhandler/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/py-reverend/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/py-xmltv/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rarian/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/replaceit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ripole/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rtfx/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-html-fillinform/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-html-template/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-htmlrepair/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-htmlsplit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-htree/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-liquid/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-rd-mode.el/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-sary/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/ruby-xmlconfigfile/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-ezamar/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-fast_xs/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-fast_xs073/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-hikidoc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-kwalify/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-loggability/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-opml/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-rak/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-rdiscount/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-rich/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-syntax/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-termcolor/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/rubygem-xslt/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/sagasu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/saxon-devel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/saxon/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/smu/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/textogif/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/the_silver_searcher/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/tkdiff/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/tnef2txt/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/tokyodystopia/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/tth/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/unrtf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/wv/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/wv2/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/xml-lite.el/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/xml2rfc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/xmlformat/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/xmlprpr/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/xmlwrapp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/xp/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/xstream/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--textproc/zorba/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--ukrainian/emacs-koi8u/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--ukrainian/gd/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--ukrainian/monacofonts/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--vietnamese/vnless/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--vietnamese/xvnkb/Makefile2
119 files changed, 119 insertions, 119 deletions
diff --git a/textproc/aft/Makefile b/textproc/aft/Makefile
index 4ef5c2a4725f..f530bcb89ffb 100644
--- a/textproc/aft/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/aft/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.maplefish.com/todd/
MAINTAINER= culot@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A document preparation system using an Almost Free Text input format
+COMMENT= Document preparation system using an Almost Free Text input format
LICENSE= CART
LICENSE_GROUPS= FSF OSI
diff --git a/textproc/antiword/Makefile b/textproc/antiword/Makefile
index 7d668fd433f3..509f7d5b2b3e 100644
--- a/textproc/antiword/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/antiword/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.winfield.demon.nl/linux/
MAINTAINER= leeym@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An application for displaying Microsoft(R) Word documents
+COMMENT= Application for displaying Microsoft(R) Word documents
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/apertium/Makefile b/textproc/apertium/Makefile
index b667dd46d383..bbefa0b83b86 100644
--- a/textproc/apertium/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/apertium/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${APVER}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A toolbox to build shallow-transfer machine translation systems
+COMMENT= Toolbox to build shallow-transfer machine translation systems
BUILD_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
RUN_DEPENDS= bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
diff --git a/textproc/artha/Makefile b/textproc/artha/Makefile
index 127d42f4a667..59c9949ae1aa 100644
--- a/textproc/artha/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/artha/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= lichray@gmail.com
-COMMENT= A free cross-platform English thesaurus
+COMMENT= Free cross-platform English thesaurus
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/bbe/Makefile b/textproc/bbe/Makefile
index b1d7c54c4524..c0eb617f01fe 100644
--- a/textproc/bbe/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/bbe/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}-/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A sed-like editor for binary files
+COMMENT= Sed-like editor for binary files
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/cbedic/Makefile b/textproc/cbedic/Makefile
index 3fb3f0267f91..5ac30b919cdc 100644
--- a/textproc/cbedic/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/cbedic/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= SF/kbedic/CBE%20Dictionary/${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An English-to-Bulgarian and Bulgarian-to-English dictionary
+COMMENT= English-to-Bulgarian and Bulgarian-to-English dictionary
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/chm2pdf/Makefile b/textproc/chm2pdf/Makefile
index e8971614de3b..ea632995f9e5 100644
--- a/textproc/chm2pdf/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/chm2pdf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc python
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
MAINTAINER= kevlo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Python script that converts CHM files into PDF files
+COMMENT= Python script that converts CHM files into PDF files
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/denature/Makefile b/textproc/denature/Makefile
index 0c5a0b3adbe5..28f1d062067b 100644
--- a/textproc/denature/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/denature/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc java
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A HTML to PDF converter
+COMMENT= HTML to PDF converter
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/dictionary/Makefile b/textproc/dictionary/Makefile
index b4197a4b49f4..a880bf42aa7f 100644
--- a/textproc/dictionary/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/dictionary/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://me.in-berlin.de/~myrkr/dictionary/ \
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A dictionary client for Emacs
+COMMENT= Dictionary client for Emacs
USE_EMACS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/discount/Makefile b/textproc/discount/Makefile
index fc098a66078f..dc5048eb91fa 100644
--- a/textproc/discount/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/discount/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ \
LOCAL/jlaffaye
MAINTAINER= jlaffaye@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A C implementation of the Markdown markup language
+COMMENT= C implementation of the Markdown markup language
LICENSE= BSD2CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/textproc/ecromedos/Makefile b/textproc/ecromedos/Makefile
index 9708da0ebc10..afbcdccc9818 100644
--- a/textproc/ecromedos/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ecromedos/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc print www
MASTER_SITES= http://www.ecromedos.net/files/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A document preparation system that allows concurrent publication
+COMMENT= Document preparation system that allows concurrent publication
RUN_DEPENDS= convert:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/ImageMagick \
${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/libxml2.py:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/py-libxml2 \
diff --git a/textproc/elasticsearch/Makefile b/textproc/elasticsearch/Makefile
index e5d85eb58130..fdea7b3f9df0 100644
--- a/textproc/elasticsearch/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/elasticsearch/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://download.elasticsearch.org/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/ \
http://mirrors.rit.edu/zi/
MAINTAINER= tj@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A full-text search engine for Java
+COMMENT= Full-text search engine for Java
LICENSE= APACHE20
diff --git a/textproc/estraier/Makefile b/textproc/estraier/Makefile
index ab71bf22bb92..a81b91ea27d2 100644
--- a/textproc/estraier/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/estraier/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://fallabs.com/estraier/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A full-text search system for personal use
+COMMENT= Full-text search system for personal use
LIB_DEPENDS= libqdbm.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/qdbm
diff --git a/textproc/fex/Makefile b/textproc/fex/Makefile
index 427567e026cf..e085e2f8fcd4 100644
--- a/textproc/fex/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/fex/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://semicomplete.googlecode.com/files/ \
http://mirrors.rit.edu/zi/
MAINTAINER= zi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A powerful field extraction tool
+COMMENT= Powerful field extraction tool
LICENSE= APACHE20
diff --git a/textproc/filepp/Makefile b/textproc/filepp/Makefile
index 340ab96d4383..6d8d7d7af2f7 100644
--- a/textproc/filepp/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/filepp/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~dm26/filepp/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A generic file preprocessor
+COMMENT= Generic file preprocessor
USES= perl5 shebangfix
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/textproc/fist/Makefile b/textproc/fist/Makefile
index 1e3380eaee32..ac0a7e9a0cc4 100644
--- a/textproc/fist/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/fist/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.fourmilab.ch/pub/fist/
MAINTAINER= swills@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An emphatic message generator
+COMMENT= Emphatic message generator
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
PLIST_FILES= bin/fist man/man1/fist.1.gz
diff --git a/textproc/fixrtf/Makefile b/textproc/fixrtf/Makefile
index afaf549e7407..7d30c6e1ef3c 100644
--- a/textproc/fixrtf/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/fixrtf/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTFILES= # none
# considered as maintainer updates.
MAINTAINER= delphij@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A patch making it possible to embed PNGs into RTFs
+COMMENT= Patch making it possible to embed PNGs into RTFs
LIB_DEPENDS= libpng15.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/png
diff --git a/textproc/foiltex/Makefile b/textproc/foiltex/Makefile
index 6814ead0b1bd..e571b8d559ae 100644
--- a/textproc/foiltex/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/foiltex/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= macros/latex/contrib/${PORTNAME}
DISTFILES= foiltex.dtx foiltex.ins
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of LaTeX files for making foils
+COMMENT= Collection of LaTeX files for making foils
NO_CDROM= Redistribution on a not-for-profit basis only
diff --git a/textproc/gladtex/Makefile b/textproc/gladtex/Makefile
index 4756ca964a0e..606445788bc8 100644
--- a/textproc/gladtex/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/gladtex/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A program to replace LaTeX formulas in HTML files with images
+COMMENT= Program to replace LaTeX formulas in HTML files with images
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/grap/Makefile b/textproc/grap/Makefile
index a173543a5502..7c231aa5d8d2 100644
--- a/textproc/grap/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/grap/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc graphics
MASTER_SITES= http://www.lunabase.org/~faber/Vault/software/grap/
MAINTAINER= faber@lunabase.org
-COMMENT= An implementation of Kernigan & Bentley's grap language
+COMMENT= Implementation of Kernigan & Bentley's grap language
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
CONFIGURE_ARGS=--with-freebsd-ports
diff --git a/textproc/hgrep/Makefile b/textproc/hgrep/Makefile
index 06ff78e98f19..5f1ec400b44f 100644
--- a/textproc/hgrep/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/hgrep/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.acme.com/software/hgrep/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_04oct1999
MAINTAINER= azet@azet.org
-COMMENT= A nice Highlighting Hack for grep
+COMMENT= Nice Highlighting Hack for grep
WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/hgrep
diff --git a/textproc/hyperestraier/Makefile b/textproc/hyperestraier/Makefile
index 5473a6fbde17..6b4683bff383 100644
--- a/textproc/hyperestraier/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/hyperestraier/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A full-text search system
+COMMENT= Full-text search system
BUILD_DEPENDS= qdbm>=1.8.77:${PORTSDIR}/databases/qdbm
# check configure for min version of qdbm.
diff --git a/textproc/jade/Makefile b/textproc/jade/Makefile
index 2929f33649d1..9542b80da283 100644
--- a/textproc/jade/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/jade/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PATCHFILES= jade_1.2.1-35.diff.gz
PATCH_DIST_STRIP= -p1
MAINTAINER= kuriyama@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An object-oriented SGML/XML parser toolkit and DSSSL engine
+COMMENT= Object-oriented SGML/XML parser toolkit and DSSSL engine
RUN_DEPENDS= ${XMLCATMGR}:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/xmlcatmgr
diff --git a/textproc/jarnal/Makefile b/textproc/jarnal/Makefile
index 0e981f0b6ec0..ab210b1abfe3 100644
--- a/textproc/jarnal/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/jarnal/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-install
DIST_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= thierry@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to take notes, annotate documents (including PDF), and more
+COMMENT= Tool to take notes, annotate documents (including PDF), and more
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/jing/Makefile b/textproc/jing/Makefile
index a48da0697609..b5283a172cb4 100644
--- a/textproc/jing/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/jing/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://jing-trang.googlecode.com/files/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S/.//g}
MAINTAINER= gabor@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A RELAX NG validator in Java
+COMMENT= RELAX NG validator in Java
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/doc/copying.html
diff --git a/textproc/jshon/Makefile b/textproc/jshon/Makefile
index 8e04e3f6b199..b532d4a8085f 100644
--- a/textproc/jshon/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/jshon/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 3
CATEGORIES= textproc
MAINTAINER= bdrewery@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= json parser for the shell.
+COMMENT= json parser for the shell
LICENSE= MIT
diff --git a/textproc/libkmfl/Makefile b/textproc/libkmfl/Makefile
index 2f0be431175c..5ce3c00a8213 100644
--- a/textproc/libkmfl/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/libkmfl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/kmfl/kmfl/${PORTVERSION} \
DIST_SUBDIR= kmfl
MAINTAINER= nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net
-COMMENT= An engine to interpret compiled KMFL keyboard tables
+COMMENT= Engine to interpret compiled KMFL keyboard tables
LIB_DEPENDS= libkmflcomp.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/kmflcomp
diff --git a/textproc/libxode/Makefile b/textproc/libxode/Makefile
index 007e541f9c5f..7e859a6fc797 100644
--- a/textproc/libxode/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/libxode/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An XML library which wraps expat
+COMMENT= XML library which wraps expat
LIB_DEPENDS= libexpat.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
diff --git a/textproc/libyaml/Makefile b/textproc/libyaml/Makefile
index 709d8b682e84..af31ca187ade 100644
--- a/textproc/libyaml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/libyaml/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= yaml-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= repacked
MAINTAINER= jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C
+COMMENT= YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
USES= pathfix
diff --git a/textproc/m17n-im-config/Makefile b/textproc/m17n-im-config/Makefile
index 97283dca1271..54c4f59c48fd 100644
--- a/textproc/m17n-im-config/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/m17n-im-config/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.m17n.org/common/im-config/ \
http://anthesphoria.net/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/
MAINTAINER= nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net
-COMMENT= A GUI for per-user configuration of m17n-lib input methods
+COMMENT= GUI for per-user configuration of m17n-lib input methods
LIB_DEPENDS= libm17n.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/m17n-lib
diff --git a/textproc/markdown/Makefile b/textproc/markdown/Makefile
index d7c232795948..735cddaa835f 100644
--- a/textproc/markdown/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/markdown/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://daringfireball.net/projects/downloads/
DISTNAME= Markdown_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= tobez@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers
+COMMENT= Text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/License.text
diff --git a/textproc/mguesser/Makefile b/textproc/mguesser/Makefile
index cf5e8581fcd6..e5bf10627883 100644
--- a/textproc/mguesser/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/mguesser/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.mnogosearch.org/guesser/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool for guessing a text's charset and language
+COMMENT= Tool for guessing a text's charset and language
post-patch:
${REINPLACE_CMD} -E \
diff --git a/textproc/mkcatalog/Makefile b/textproc/mkcatalog/Makefile
index 59cb99722e65..9982b8d3f75b 100644
--- a/textproc/mkcatalog/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/mkcatalog/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= # none
DISTFILES= # none
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A maintenance utility for sgml catalog files
+COMMENT= Maintenance utility for sgml catalog files
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/textproc/muse/Makefile b/textproc/muse/Makefile
index 817ac7ab6418..641f21f3d769 100644
--- a/textproc/muse/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/muse/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= dryice
PKGNAMESUFFIX= -${EMACS_PORT_NAME}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An authoring and publishing environment for Emacs
+COMMENT= Authoring and publishing environment for Emacs
USE_EMACS= yes
USES= gmake makeinfo
diff --git a/textproc/ocaml-csv/Makefile b/textproc/ocaml-csv/Makefile
index 739a9bda4415..356a59d09edd 100644
--- a/textproc/ocaml-csv/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ocaml-csv/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= https://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/download.php/420/
MAINTAINER= tcrimi@gmail.com
-COMMENT= An OCaml library to read and write CSV files
+COMMENT= OCaml library to read and write CSV files
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/${OCAML_SITELIBDIR}/extlib:${PORTSDIR}/devel/ocaml-extlib
diff --git a/textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile b/textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile
index 70b6098d9f2f..da975293549a 100644
--- a/textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ocaml-
DISTNAME= ${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A stub for the expat parser in OCaml
+COMMENT= Stub for the expat parser in OCaml
LIB_DEPENDS= libexpat.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
diff --git a/textproc/opensched/Makefile b/textproc/opensched/Makefile
index 877495aa874a..967364fb7bff 100644
--- a/textproc/opensched/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/opensched/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://hitachi-id.com/dlsoftware/opensched/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A project scheduler
+COMMENT= Project scheduler
LICENSE= GPLv2
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Hailo/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Hailo/Makefile
index 19f40e3ddcad..66608d1a6b74 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Hailo/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Hailo/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= CPAN:HINRIK
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= milki@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pluggable Markov engine analogous to MegaHAL
+COMMENT= Pluggable Markov engine analogous to MegaHAL
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Summarize/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Summarize/Makefile
index d0828c321602..a8eac62208c1 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Summarize/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Summarize/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple tool for summarizing bodies of English text
+COMMENT= Simple tool for summarizing bodies of English text
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-HTML-Summary>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/p5-HTML-Summary \
p5-HTML-Parser>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/p5-HTML-Parser
diff --git a/textproc/p5-MARC-Lint/Makefile b/textproc/p5-MARC-Lint/Makefile
index aabadf984273..9b34d0c724c0 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-MARC-Lint/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-MARC-Lint/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A mechanism for validating MARC records
+COMMENT= Mechanism for validating MARC records
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-MARC-Record>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-MARC-Record \
p5-Business-ISBN>=2.03:${PORTSDIR}/misc/p5-Business-ISBN
diff --git a/textproc/p5-MARC-XML/Makefile b/textproc/p5-MARC-XML/Makefile
index a648433e8487..f65596f21f9d 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-MARC-XML/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-MARC-XML/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An extension to the MARC-Record distribution for working with XML data
+COMMENT= Extension to the MARC-Record distribution for working with XML data
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/textproc/p5-MARC/Makefile b/textproc/p5-MARC/Makefile
index 9c89eb4a7734..b6d91a088f64 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-MARC/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-MARC/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A module for manipulating bibliographic records in the USMARC format
+COMMENT= Module for manipulating bibliographic records in the USMARC format
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/textproc/p5-PDF-Create/Makefile b/textproc/p5-PDF-Create/Makefile
index 48ece067e954..7c5c708a9030 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-PDF-Create/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-PDF-Create/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= jadawin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A perl script to convert text files to PDF files
+COMMENT= Perl script to convert text files to PDF files
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Perl-Critic-Bangs/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Perl-Critic-Bangs/Makefile
index 2fa180401e7c..43b155aceccc 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Perl-Critic-Bangs/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Perl-Critic-Bangs/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= ivan@serezhkin.com
-COMMENT= A collection of handy Perl::Critic policies
+COMMENT= Collection of handy Perl::Critic policies
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Pod-Spell/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Pod-Spell/Makefile
index c32680966830..247e5a2228d1 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Pod-Spell/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Pod-Spell/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= lth@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A formatter for spellchecking Pod
+COMMENT= Formatter for spellchecking Pod
LICENSE= ART20
diff --git a/textproc/p5-String-Truncate/Makefile b/textproc/p5-String-Truncate/Makefile
index d98381f5af45..a2dd77e886c7 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-String-Truncate/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-String-Truncate/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= lth@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A module for when strings are too long to be displayed in...
+COMMENT= Module for when strings are too long to be displayed in...
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Text-Extract-Word/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Text-Extract-Word/Makefile
index b15bfe05a0c7..bc6b995c8c2b 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Text-Extract-Word/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Text-Extract-Word/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= culot@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple module for extracting the text from a Microsoft Word file
+COMMENT= Simple module for extracting the text from a Microsoft Word file
LICENSE= ART20
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Text-FillIn/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Text-FillIn/Makefile
index 7ecf4aa7ea36..60cf2529a462 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Text-FillIn/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Text-FillIn/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= tobez@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A class implementing a fill-in template
+COMMENT= Class implementing a fill-in template
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Text-Graphics/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Text-Graphics/Makefile
index a86c821d8b52..c77bbfc42498 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Text-Graphics/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Text-Graphics/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= tobez@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A text graphics rendering toolkit
+COMMENT= Text graphics rendering toolkit
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-Text-Wrapper>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-Text-Wrapper
RUN_DEPENDS:= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Text-Repository/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Text-Repository/Makefile
index 7872cf16de58..0f6bffc0a3ec 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Text-Repository/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Text-Repository/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple way to manage text without mixing it with Perl
+COMMENT= Simple way to manage text without mixing it with Perl
USES= perl5
USE_PERL5= configure
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Text-Textile/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Text-Textile/Makefile
index e4e08c0615ba..26e47c0e2c3e 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Text-Textile/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Text-Textile/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= hcoyote@ghostar.org
-COMMENT= A perl-based implementation of the Textile syntax by Dean Allen
+COMMENT= Perl-based implementation of the Textile syntax by Dean Allen
LICENSE= ART10 GPLv1
LICENSE_COMB= dual
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-Validate/Makefile b/textproc/p5-XML-Validate/Makefile
index d624a96dc93d..225d52052100 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-XML-Validate/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-Validate/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CPAN
PKGNAMEPREFIX= p5-
MAINTAINER= demon@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An XML validator factory
+COMMENT= XML validator factory
BUILD_DEPENDS= p5-XML-LibXML>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-XML-LibXML \
p5-Log-TraceMessages>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Log-TraceMessages
diff --git a/textproc/pear-File_Fortune/Makefile b/textproc/pear-File_Fortune/Makefile
index 579f482f7fd6..8f6d09ab1890 100644
--- a/textproc/pear-File_Fortune/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pear-File_Fortune/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PORTREVISION= 1
CATEGORIES= textproc pear
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An interface for reading from and writing to fortune files
+COMMENT= Interface for reading from and writing to fortune files
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
RUN_DEPENDS= ${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
diff --git a/textproc/pecl-ctemplate/Makefile b/textproc/pecl-ctemplate/Makefile
index 1070fa89245d..3d688f5d2749 100644
--- a/textproc/pecl-ctemplate/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pecl-ctemplate/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= pecl-
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= vanilla@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension for Google ctemplate library
+COMMENT= PECL extension for Google ctemplate library
LIB_DEPENDS= libctemplate.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/google-ctemplate
diff --git a/textproc/pecl-html_parse/Makefile b/textproc/pecl-html_parse/Makefile
index 774342f97673..2fe7f3cdf6fe 100644
--- a/textproc/pecl-html_parse/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pecl-html_parse/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension for the ekhtml library
+COMMENT= PECL extension for the ekhtml library
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libekhtml.a:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ekhtml
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libekhtml.a:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ekhtml
diff --git a/textproc/pecl-stem/Makefile b/textproc/pecl-stem/Makefile
index 7c1d6c6f3670..b39550069d73 100644
--- a/textproc/pecl-stem/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pecl-stem/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension which provides word stemming
+COMMENT= PECL extension which provides word stemming
USE_PHP= yes
USE_PHPEXT= yes
diff --git a/textproc/pecl-syck/Makefile b/textproc/pecl-syck/Makefile
index 1b5fe18948d2..e97b24c0fbc3 100644
--- a/textproc/pecl-syck/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pecl-syck/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension which facilitates YAML parsing
+COMMENT= PECL extension which facilitates YAML parsing
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libsyck.a:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/syck
diff --git a/textproc/pecl-wbxml/Makefile b/textproc/pecl-wbxml/Makefile
index 3b909459fc70..86b6fabf347a 100644
--- a/textproc/pecl-wbxml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pecl-wbxml/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= flo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension that provides WBXML conversion capabilities
+COMMENT= PECL extension that provides WBXML conversion capabilities
LIB_DEPENDS= libwbxml2.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/wbxml2
diff --git a/textproc/pecl-xdiff/Makefile b/textproc/pecl-xdiff/Makefile
index f9ec52cd2aaf..5c9c0e134057 100644
--- a/textproc/pecl-xdiff/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pecl-xdiff/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= PECL
MAINTAINER= tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A PECL extension to create/apply binary and text patches
+COMMENT= PECL extension to create/apply binary and text patches
LICENSE= PHP301
diff --git a/textproc/publican/Makefile b/textproc/publican/Makefile
index cd6294b4aa94..fef3ffa08c21 100644
--- a/textproc/publican/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/publican/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/publican/Publican-${PORTVE
DISTNAME= Publican-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= Single source publishing tool based on DocBook XML.
+COMMENT= Single source publishing tool based on DocBook XML
USE_JAVA= yes
USES= perl5
diff --git a/textproc/py-4suite-xml/Makefile b/textproc/py-4suite-xml/Makefile
index 864f90c9cf53..7f47230e555a 100644
--- a/textproc/py-4suite-xml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-4suite-xml/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.4suite.org/pub/4Suite/ \
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A collection of Python tools for XML processing
+COMMENT= Collection of Python tools for XML processing
USES= tar:bzip2
REINPLACE_ARGS= -i "" -E
diff --git a/textproc/py-Chameleon/Makefile b/textproc/py-Chameleon/Makefile
index 7455319d7fd0..f15af577e6f4 100644
--- a/textproc/py-Chameleon/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-Chameleon/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Python HTML/XML template language compiler
+COMMENT= Python HTML/XML template language compiler
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS=yes
diff --git a/textproc/py-errorhandler/Makefile b/textproc/py-errorhandler/Makefile
index 13e7ec92e598..6bd78c8d82fe 100644
--- a/textproc/py-errorhandler/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-errorhandler/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= CHEESESHOP
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
MAINTAINER= dikshie@sfc.wide.ad.jp
-COMMENT= A logging framework handler that tracks when messages above a certain level have been logged.
+COMMENT= Logging framework handler that tracks when messages above a certain level have been logged
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/py-reverend/Makefile b/textproc/py-reverend/Makefile
index 8e97869d6a49..12d622ad7954 100644
--- a/textproc/py-reverend/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-reverend/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= Reverend-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple Bayesian classifier written in Python
+COMMENT= Simple Bayesian classifier written in Python
USE_PYTHON= yes
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/py-xmltv/Makefile b/textproc/py-xmltv/Makefile
index e17f695da616..7bee9b813d8c 100644
--- a/textproc/py-xmltv/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-xmltv/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DISTNAME= python-xmltv-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= jun-g@daemonfreaks.com
-COMMENT= A Python module that provides access to XMLTV TV listings
+COMMENT= Python module that provides access to XMLTV TV listings
LICENSE= LGPL21
diff --git a/textproc/rarian/Makefile b/textproc/rarian/Makefile
index 6aa1ca6a5236..53160ec9539a 100644
--- a/textproc/rarian/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rarian/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc gnome
MASTER_SITES= GNOME
MAINTAINER= gnome@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An OMF help system based on the Freedesktop specification
+COMMENT= OMF help system based on the Freedesktop specification
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/share/xsl/docbook/xhtml/chunk.xsl:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/docbook-xsl \
${LOCALBASE}/share/xml/docbook/${DOCBOOK_VERSION}:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/docbook-xml \
diff --git a/textproc/replaceit/Makefile b/textproc/replaceit/Makefile
index f1bd16288003..f0a2cdbc1b9b 100644
--- a/textproc/replaceit/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/replaceit/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://pldaniels.com/replaceit/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A light replacement to the combination of sed/awk/grep/head/tail
+COMMENT= Light replacement to the combination of sed/awk/grep/head/tail
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/textproc/ripole/Makefile b/textproc/ripole/Makefile
index 2c1d2d06bd70..b9adf950bb3f 100644
--- a/textproc/ripole/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ripole/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.pldaniels.com/ripole/
MAINTAINER= fcash@sd73.bc.ca
-COMMENT= A small program designed to pull attachments out of OLE2 documents
+COMMENT= Small program designed to pull attachments out of OLE2 documents
ALL_TARGET= default
diff --git a/textproc/rtfx/Makefile b/textproc/rtfx/Makefile
index 50261f425c74..28ad5f41b7f7 100644
--- a/textproc/rtfx/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rtfx/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://memberwebs.com/stef/software/rtfx/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An RTF to XML converter
+COMMENT= RTF to XML converter
LIB_DEPENDS= libmba.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libmba \
libdomc.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/domc
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-html-fillinform/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-html-fillinform/Makefile
index 9d4b6f07c368..9a4e31ceaf5a 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-html-fillinform/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-html-fillinform/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library that automatically inserts form data into HTML
+COMMENT= Ruby library that automatically inserts form data into HTML
BROKEN= Not stage friendly, no more public distfiles
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-html-template/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-html-template/Makefile
index a839b3e8cd2b..1b7350f59195 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-html-template/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-html-template/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to use HTML as a template file from CGI scripts
+COMMENT= Ruby library to use HTML as a template file from CGI scripts
BROKEN= Not stage friendly, no more public distfiles
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-htmlrepair/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-htmlrepair/Makefile
index fb35fc8569f3..0b41f28e74d7 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-htmlrepair/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-htmlrepair/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:S/.//g}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to repair unclosed tags in an HTML document
+COMMENT= Ruby library to repair unclosed tags in an HTML document
RUN_DEPENDS= ${RUBY_SITELIBDIR}/htmlsplit.rb:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ruby-htmlsplit
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-htmlsplit/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-htmlsplit/Makefile
index f6f6c97b8914..a7202e011309 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-htmlsplit/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-htmlsplit/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:S/.//g}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to split an HTML document into tags and contents
+COMMENT= Ruby library to split an HTML document into tags and contents
USES= zip
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-htree/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-htree/Makefile
index a22dda20cd0c..7f1b22bc41bd 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-htree/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-htree/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby library to manipulate HTML/XML tree data structure
+COMMENT= Ruby library to manipulate HTML/XML tree data structure
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-liquid/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-liquid/Makefile
index 0336247852e5..aa22f376e196 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-liquid/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-liquid/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A non evaling template engine for ruby
+COMMENT= Non evaling template engine for ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
NO_BUILD= yes
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-rd-mode.el/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-rd-mode.el/Makefile
index 94cfb15b0dc6..34dbe3bcca33 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-rd-mode.el/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-rd-mode.el/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= ruby- # not ${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX} since this is not version speci
DISTFILES= # none
MAINTAINER= knu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An Emacs lisp module for editing RD files
+COMMENT= Emacs lisp module for editing RD files
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${NONEXISTENT}:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ruby-rdtool:patch
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-sary/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-sary/Makefile
index cb42c2760ef0..ebf4d895bd7f 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-sary/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-sary/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-ruby-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= clsung@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby interface to the Sary library
+COMMENT= Ruby interface to the Sary library
LIB_DEPENDS= libsary.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/sary
diff --git a/textproc/ruby-xmlconfigfile/Makefile b/textproc/ruby-xmlconfigfile/Makefile
index aeb78dab7cb1..d780c07767ef 100644
--- a/textproc/ruby-xmlconfigfile/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ruby-xmlconfigfile/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= xml-configfile-${PORTVERSION}
DIST_SUBDIR= ruby
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Ruby module for easy handling of XML configuration files
+COMMENT= Ruby module for easy handling of XML configuration files
OPTIONS_DEFINE= DOCS
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor/Makefile
index fe74491777d8..fdbfe5122a30 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast, open source text processor and publishing toolchain
+COMMENT= Fast, open source text processor and publishing toolchain
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-ezamar/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-ezamar/Makefile
index b7fde092b756..1feef62e7d69 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-ezamar/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-ezamar/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A lightweight and simple templating engine for Ruby
+COMMENT= Lightweight and simple templating engine for Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-fast_xs/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-fast_xs/Makefile
index e56e38f3f41f..31e6ae69d74a 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-fast_xs/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-fast_xs/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A systems integration framework. Expander
+COMMENT= Systems integration framework. Expander
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-hoe>=2.3.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-hoe
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-fast_xs073/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-fast_xs073/Makefile
index 8a672c93f4b3..6343fd302683 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-fast_xs073/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-fast_xs073/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A systems integration framework. Expander
+COMMENT= Systems integration framework. Expander
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-hoe>=2.3.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-hoe
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-hikidoc/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-hikidoc/Makefile
index ed7e3e6c7a34..bc4fe655f0fb 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-hikidoc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-hikidoc/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc ruby
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers
+COMMENT= Text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-hoe>=1.7.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-hoe
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-kwalify/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-kwalify/Makefile
index fb021d98a005..18746a17dbd2 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-kwalify/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-kwalify/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= Kwalify is a parser, schema validator, and data binding tool for YAML and JSON.
+COMMENT= Kwalify is a parser, schema validator, and data binding tool for YAML and JSON
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-loggability/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-loggability/Makefile
index 980c8662c9e7..09b0449553a6 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-loggability/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-loggability/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A composable logging system built on the standard Logger library
+COMMENT= Composable logging system built on the standard Logger library
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-opml/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-opml/Makefile
index fcf9b395a362..d9c18514357a 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-opml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-opml/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= markun@onohara.to
-COMMENT= A simple wrapper for parsing OPML files
+COMMENT= Simple wrapper for parsing OPML files
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-rak/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-rak/Makefile
index 13cb3806393c..e31dcdd3056a 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-rak/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-rak/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A grep replacement in pure Ruby
+COMMENT= Grep replacement in pure Ruby
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-hoe>=1.3.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-hoe
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-rdiscount/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-rdiscount/Makefile
index 1d6164125434..377f5aff501f 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-rdiscount/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-rdiscount/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A fast Markdown converter for ruby based on discount
+COMMENT= Fast Markdown converter for ruby based on discount
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-rich/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-rich/Makefile
index 29e52bb0dcd3..17e4cff7d2a7 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-rich/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-rich/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An opinionated WYSIWYG editor for Rails based on CKEditor
+COMMENT= Opinionated WYSIWYG editor for Rails based on CKEditor
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-jquery-rails>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/rubygem-jquery-rails \
rubygem-kaminari>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/rubygem-kaminari \
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-syntax/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-syntax/Makefile
index ae25547e5235..e0824ca10b85 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-syntax/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-syntax/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A module for using Systax highlighting in Ruby
+COMMENT= Module for using Systax highlighting in Ruby
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-termcolor/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-termcolor/Makefile
index 2f9d0869ac59..69a8bf86b784 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-termcolor/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-termcolor/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= dhn@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library for ANSII color formatting like HTML for output in terminal
+COMMENT= Library for ANSII color formatting like HTML for output in terminal
RUN_DEPENDS= rubygem-highline>=1.5.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-highline
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile
index 617a0724f211..01eae02a509a 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc rubygems
MASTER_SITES= RG
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A ruby take off of p5-XML-Simple
+COMMENT= Ruby take off of p5-XML-Simple
USE_RUBY= yes
USE_RUBYGEMS= yes
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-xslt/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-xslt/Makefile
index 43a70f11cf53..786e86ae4381 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-xslt/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-xslt/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= RG
DISTNAME= ruby-xslt-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An XSLT processor in pure Ruby
+COMMENT= XSLT processor in pure Ruby
USE_GNOME= libxslt
USE_RUBY= yes
diff --git a/textproc/sagasu/Makefile b/textproc/sagasu/Makefile
index 6900fc0ac8ae..59e379656476 100644
--- a/textproc/sagasu/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/sagasu/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc gnome
MASTER_SITES= http://perso.b2b2c.ca/sarrazip/dev/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A GNOME tool to find strings in a set of files
+COMMENT= GNOME tool to find strings in a set of files
LICENSE= GPLv2 # (or later)
diff --git a/textproc/saxon-devel/Makefile b/textproc/saxon-devel/Makefile
index 024ce07c52cd..87fa049a7f4b 100644
--- a/textproc/saxon-devel/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/saxon-devel/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DISTFILES= ${PORTNAME}b${PORTVERSION:S,.,-,g}j.zip:binary \
${PORTNAME}-resources9-1-0-1.zip:resources
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An XSLT 2.0 / XPath 2.0 / XQuery 1.0 processor for Java
+COMMENT= XSLT 2.0 / XPath 2.0 / XQuery 1.0 processor for Java
RUN_DEPENDS= java:${PORTSDIR}/java/javavmwrapper
diff --git a/textproc/saxon/Makefile b/textproc/saxon/Makefile
index b80fde1503c0..259107365c72 100644
--- a/textproc/saxon/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/saxon/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME}/saxon6/${PORTVERSION}
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:S/./-/g}
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An XSLT 1.0 processor for Java
+COMMENT= XSLT 1.0 processor for Java
LICENSE= MPL
diff --git a/textproc/smu/Makefile b/textproc/smu/Makefile
index f0c2581eab80..8a0253270388 100644
--- a/textproc/smu/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/smu/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://s01.de/~tox/files/smu/ \
http://mirror.4bit.ws/
MAINTAINER= rodrigo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple interpreter for a simplified markdown dialect
+COMMENT= Simple interpreter for a simplified markdown dialect
LICENSE= MIT
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/textproc/textogif/Makefile b/textproc/textogif/Makefile
index b795db93e463..d91f134ce0c3 100644
--- a/textproc/textogif/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/textogif/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/textogif/download/ \
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= nivit@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Perl script to convert LaTeX formulas into GIFs
+COMMENT= Perl script to convert LaTeX formulas into GIFs
RUN_DEPENDS= ppmtogif:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/netpbm
diff --git a/textproc/the_silver_searcher/Makefile b/textproc/the_silver_searcher/Makefile
index eb5bcbc3109e..c7ff2cc72686 100644
--- a/textproc/the_silver_searcher/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/the_silver_searcher/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PORTVERSION= 0.22.0
CATEGORIES= textproc
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A code-searching tool similar to ack but faster
+COMMENT= Code-searching tool similar to ack but faster
LICENSE= APACHE20
diff --git a/textproc/tkdiff/Makefile b/textproc/tkdiff/Makefile
index f6561057b4aa..96c869f04279 100644
--- a/textproc/tkdiff/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/tkdiff/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc tk
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= kevlo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Tk frontend for diff(1)
+COMMENT= Tk frontend for diff(1)
LICENSE= GPLv2
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/textproc/tnef2txt/Makefile b/textproc/tnef2txt/Makefile
index ce4ab28f240c..c1436aabe64f 100644
--- a/textproc/tnef2txt/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/tnef2txt/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc converters
MASTER_SITES= http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs/tnef2txt/
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A portable application/ms-tnef parser
+COMMENT= Portable application/ms-tnef parser
ALL_TARGET= tnef2txt
MAKE_ARGS= CC="${CC}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
diff --git a/textproc/tokyodystopia/Makefile b/textproc/tokyodystopia/Makefile
index dd327318b3cc..b042061049f0 100644
--- a/textproc/tokyodystopia/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/tokyodystopia/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://fallabs.com/${PORTNAME}/
MAINTAINER= lwhsu@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A full-text search system based on Tokyo Cabinet
+COMMENT= Full-text search system based on Tokyo Cabinet
LICENSE= LGPL
diff --git a/textproc/tth/Makefile b/textproc/tth/Makefile
index 4d9a82935347..cc3a58011212 100644
--- a/textproc/tth/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/tth/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DISTNAME= tth_C
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tgz
MAINTAINER= lx@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A TeX to HTML translator
+COMMENT= TeX to HTML translator
RUN_DEPENDS= ppmtogif:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/netpbm
diff --git a/textproc/unrtf/Makefile b/textproc/unrtf/Makefile
index 4bdb5a4792a7..ade370a12d86 100644
--- a/textproc/unrtf/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/unrtf/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= GNU
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A converter from RTF to several formats, including HTML and LaTeX
+COMMENT= Converter from RTF to several formats, including HTML and LaTeX
LICENSE= GPLv3
diff --git a/textproc/wv/Makefile b/textproc/wv/Makefile
index 1d574ef90807..1c1fbdaa52a2 100644
--- a/textproc/wv/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/wv/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.abisource.com/downloads/wv/${PORTVERSION}/
MAINTAINER= bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library and executables to access Microsoft Word files
+COMMENT= Library and executables to access Microsoft Word files
LIB_DEPENDS= libwmf.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/libwmf
diff --git a/textproc/wv2/Makefile b/textproc/wv2/Makefile
index 4ce978260879..717fc03b4346 100644
--- a/textproc/wv2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/wv2/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= SF/wvware/
MAINTAINER= fluffy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A library providing routines to access Microsoft Word files
+COMMENT= Library providing routines to access Microsoft Word files
USE_GNOME= libgsf
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
diff --git a/textproc/xml-lite.el/Makefile b/textproc/xml-lite.el/Makefile
index fcf75522a79f..b094c10d1c74 100644
--- a/textproc/xml-lite.el/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xml-lite.el/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_SUFX= # empty
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple XML-editing for GNU Emacs
+COMMENT= Simple XML-editing for GNU Emacs
USE_EMACS= yes
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
diff --git a/textproc/xml2rfc/Makefile b/textproc/xml2rfc/Makefile
index 50aa676e533d..b9231c0f66cd 100644
--- a/textproc/xml2rfc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xml2rfc/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc2/cli/
MAINTAINER= marcus@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A tool to create RFCs and related documents from XML, as per RFC2629
+COMMENT= Tool to create RFCs and related documents from XML, as per RFC2629
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
diff --git a/textproc/xmlformat/Makefile b/textproc/xmlformat/Makefile
index 01643e6e5efb..d7273cae47d4 100644
--- a/textproc/xmlformat/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xmlformat/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= http://www.kitebird.com/software/xmlformat/
MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An XML Document Formatter
+COMMENT= XML Document Formatter
LICENSE= BSD
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/textproc/xmlprpr/Makefile b/textproc/xmlprpr/Makefile
index 478ed32e59db..7531189fd44b 100644
--- a/textproc/xmlprpr/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xmlprpr/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= http://software.decisionsoft.com/software/ \
DISTFILES= xmlpp.pl
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= An XML pretty printer
+COMMENT= XML pretty printer
USES= shebangfix perl5
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
diff --git a/textproc/xmlwrapp/Makefile b/textproc/xmlwrapp/Makefile
index 014bd8fb0994..a088d484bf7e 100644
--- a/textproc/xmlwrapp/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xmlwrapp/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= textproc
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A modern style C++ library for working with XML data
+COMMENT= Modern style C++ library for working with XML data
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
diff --git a/textproc/xp/Makefile b/textproc/xp/Makefile
index 35aedab5feb2..3c36ee841ae4 100644
--- a/textproc/xp/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/xml/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= mike@vee.net
-COMMENT= An XML parser written in Java
+COMMENT= XML parser written in Java
USE_JAVA= yes
JAVA_VERSION= 1.6+
diff --git a/textproc/xstream/Makefile b/textproc/xstream/Makefile
index 0e35b69bfb7f..8f58e728656a 100644
--- a/textproc/xstream/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xstream/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://nexus.codehaus.org/content/repositories/releases/com/thoug
DISTFILES= ${PORTNAME}-distribution-${PORTVERSION}-bin${EXTRACT_SUFX}
MAINTAINER= ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A simple library to serialize Java objects to XML
+COMMENT= Simple library to serialize Java objects to XML
LICENSE= BSD3CLAUSE
LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/textproc/zorba/Makefile b/textproc/zorba/Makefile
index 9ffbdc85a0a1..a0a4d4745ded 100644
--- a/textproc/zorba/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/zorba/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES= https://launchpadlibrarian.net/119058962/
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-src-${PORTVERSION}
MAINTAINER= gahr@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A general purpose C++ XQuery processor
+COMMENT= General purpose C++ XQuery processor
LICENSE= APACHE20
diff --git a/ukrainian/emacs-koi8u/Makefile b/ukrainian/emacs-koi8u/Makefile
index 9b35bbbe0150..0cd972bdfc6d 100644
--- a/ukrainian/emacs-koi8u/Makefile
+++ b/ukrainian/emacs-koi8u/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX= emacs-
DISTFILES= # none
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= KOI8-U coding system for [X]Emacs.
+COMMENT= KOI8-U coding system for [X]Emacs
NO_BUILD= yes
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
diff --git a/ukrainian/gd/Makefile b/ukrainian/gd/Makefile
index 91ba7943b7e9..0da2cc450d19 100644
--- a/ukrainian/gd/Makefile
+++ b/ukrainian/gd/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR:H:H}/graphics/gd
CATEGORIES= ukrainian
MAINTAINER= mi@aldan.algebra.com
-COMMENT= A graphics library for fast image creation with KOI8-U support
+COMMENT= Graphics library for fast image creation with KOI8-U support
BUILD_DEPENDS= ${NONEXISTENT}:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/geminifonts:fetch
GD_FONTS= ${DISTDIR}/x-koi8u.tgz koi6x10.bdf koi6x13.bdf \
diff --git a/ukrainian/monacofonts/Makefile b/ukrainian/monacofonts/Makefile
index 2ec6cb549adf..ca5e1812fcab 100644
--- a/ukrainian/monacofonts/Makefile
+++ b/ukrainian/monacofonts/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -x11
DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
MAINTAINER= mi@aldan.algebra.com
-COMMENT= A collection of 5 "fixed" fonts for X11 from www.brama.com
+COMMENT= Collection of 5 "fixed" fonts for X11 from www.brama.com
BUILD_DEPENDS= bdftopcf:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/bdftopcf \
mkfontdir:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/mkfontdir \
diff --git a/vietnamese/vnless/Makefile b/vietnamese/vnless/Makefile
index 385817160092..42f8e78a4b80 100644
--- a/vietnamese/vnless/Makefile
+++ b/vietnamese/vnless/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tar.Z
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A pager utility that speaks Vietnamese
+COMMENT= Pager utility that speaks Vietnamese
ALL_TARGET= clobber all
MAN1= vnless.1 vnlesskey.1
diff --git a/vietnamese/xvnkb/Makefile b/vietnamese/xvnkb/Makefile
index b43c0821f40d..561bd3980178 100644
--- a/vietnamese/xvnkb/Makefile
+++ b/vietnamese/xvnkb/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES= vietnamese
MASTER_SITES= SF
MAINTAINER= ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT= A Vietnamese input method for X-Window
+COMMENT= Vietnamese input method for X-Window
USE_GNOME= gtk20