- Remove leading indefinite article from COMMENT

52 files changed, 52 insertions, 52 deletions

diff --git a/astro/weather/Makefile b/astro/weather/Makefile
index daa4acbc9d40..9e1823979de0 100644
--- a/astro/weather/Makefile
+++ b/astro/weather/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://fungi.yuggoth.org/weather/src/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An utility to provide current weather conditions and forecasts
+COMMENT=	Utility to provide current weather conditions and forecasts
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 
diff --git a/audio/icecast2/Makefile b/audio/icecast2/Makefile
index 63b0717905b2..2de076013005 100644
--- a/audio/icecast2/Makefile
+++ b/audio/icecast2/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/icecast/ \
 DISTNAME=	icecast-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A streaming mp3/ogg-vorbis audio server
+COMMENT=	Streaming mp3/ogg-vorbis audio server
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	curl:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl \
 		shout.5:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libshout2 \
diff --git a/audio/libfishsound/Makefile b/audio/libfishsound/Makefile
index 0b5d9cf8758b..eedde4538859 100644
--- a/audio/libfishsound/Makefile
+++ b/audio/libfishsound/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/libfishsound/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A programing interface to decode/encode audio data
+COMMENT=	Programing interface to decode/encode audio data
 
 LICENSE=	BSD
 
diff --git a/audio/mp3-archive-tools/Makefile b/audio/mp3-archive-tools/Makefile
index fff77e228678..1c250e5204ff 100644
--- a/audio/mp3-archive-tools/Makefile
+++ b/audio/mp3-archive-tools/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://erislabs.net/ianb/projects/${PORTNAME}/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A set of tools to ease organising a collection of audio files
+COMMENT=	Set of tools to ease organising a collection of audio files
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	libmp3-archive-perl>=0:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmp3-archive-perl \
 		p5-MP3-Tag>=0:${PORTSDIR}/audio/p5-MP3-Tag
diff --git a/audio/mp3lint/Makefile b/audio/mp3lint/Makefile
index afabd6a43377..ced600c29286 100644
--- a/audio/mp3lint/Makefile
+++ b/audio/mp3lint/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://erislabs.net/ianb/projects/${PORTNAME}/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A configurable tool to check collections of audio files
+COMMENT=	Configurable tool to check collections of audio files
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	libmp3-archive-perl>=0:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmp3-archive-perl
 RUN_DEPENDS=	libmp3-archive-perl>=0:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libmp3-archive-perl
diff --git a/converters/p5-Encode-Detect-CJK/Makefile b/converters/p5-Encode-Detect-CJK/Makefile
index c2aa38102431..8fedb25eb5f6 100644
--- a/converters/p5-Encode-Detect-CJK/Makefile
+++ b/converters/p5-Encode-Detect-CJK/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A charset detector for East Asia charsets and website contents
+COMMENT=	Charset detector for East Asia charsets and website contents
 
 LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
diff --git a/converters/p5-JSON-PP/Makefile b/converters/p5-JSON-PP/Makefile
index 335d442ff5e2..7f5b873ba423 100644
--- a/converters/p5-JSON-PP/Makefile
+++ b/converters/p5-JSON-PP/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:MAKAMAKA
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module
+COMMENT=	JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module
 
 LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
diff --git a/databases/kyotocabinet/Makefile b/databases/kyotocabinet/Makefile
index 047782410085..58d00afceb2b 100644
--- a/databases/kyotocabinet/Makefile
+++ b/databases/kyotocabinet/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://fallabs.com/${PORTNAME}/pkg/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A straightforward implementation of DBM
+COMMENT=	Straightforward implementation of DBM
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
diff --git a/databases/kyototycoon/Makefile b/databases/kyototycoon/Makefile
index 94807e85b061..819d46461256 100644
--- a/databases/kyototycoon/Makefile
+++ b/databases/kyototycoon/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://fallabs.com/${PORTNAME}/pkg/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A handy cache/storage server
+COMMENT=	Handy cache/storage server
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
diff --git a/databases/leveldb/Makefile b/databases/leveldb/Makefile
index fc522b7aee5d..986302055388 100644
--- a/databases/leveldb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/leveldb/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	GOOGLE_CODE
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fast and lightweight key/value database library by Google
+COMMENT=	Fast and lightweight key/value database library by Google
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	GPERFTOOLS SNAPPY
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=SNAPPY
diff --git a/databases/p5-Tie-LevelDB/Makefile b/databases/p5-Tie-LevelDB/Makefile
index f71c817923df..c777245d363b 100644
--- a/databases/p5-Tie-LevelDB/Makefile
+++ b/databases/p5-Tie-LevelDB/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Perl Interface to the Google LevelDB NoSQL database
+COMMENT=	Perl Interface to the Google LevelDB NoSQL database
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	leveldb:${PORTSDIR}/databases/leveldb
 
diff --git a/databases/xapian-core/Makefile b/databases/xapian-core/Makefile
index a8c54596d6b1..266adee2dac2 100644
--- a/databases/xapian-core/Makefile
+++ b/databases/xapian-core/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/${PORTVERSION}/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A probabilistic text search database engine
+COMMENT=	Probabilistic text search database engine
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/devel/libcheck/Makefile b/devel/libcheck/Makefile
index 9af4a482007a..adccf76b85e0 100644
--- a/devel/libcheck/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libcheck/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/check/check/${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	check-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A unit test framework for C
+COMMENT=	Unit test framework for C
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
diff --git a/devel/p5-Array-Iterator/Makefile b/devel/p5-Array-Iterator/Makefile
index b8949683e2d5..11920486fc77 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Array-Iterator/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Array-Iterator/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A set of array iterators
+COMMENT=	Set of array iterators
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	p5-Test-Exception>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Test-Exception
 
diff --git a/devel/p5-Bread-Board/Makefile b/devel/p5-Bread-Board/Makefile
index d17ebd104dc4..ce2649ca05ed 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Bread-Board/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Bread-Board/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:STEVAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A solderless way to wire up your application components
+COMMENT=	Solderless way to wire up your application components
 
 LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-CPAN-Meta-Requirements/Makefile b/devel/p5-CPAN-Meta-Requirements/Makefile
index 421c2b9c23f6..88992ffcc2c2 100644
--- a/devel/p5-CPAN-Meta-Requirements/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-CPAN-Meta-Requirements/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A set of version requirements for a CPAN distribution
+COMMENT=	Set of version requirements for a CPAN distribution
 
 LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-Form-Sensible/Makefile b/devel/p5-Form-Sensible/Makefile
index a6e1f80c17b0..99792d041934 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Form-Sensible/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Form-Sensible/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}${PORTVERSION:E}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A sensible way to handle form based user interface
+COMMENT=	Sensible way to handle form based user interface
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-DateTime>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-DateTime \
 		p5-DateTime-Format-Natural>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-DateTime-Format-Natural \
diff --git a/devel/p5-Hash-FieldHash/Makefile b/devel/p5-Hash-FieldHash/Makefile
index e05a0dd621d0..bed88315dc31 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Hash-FieldHash/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Hash-FieldHash/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A lightweight field hash implementation
+COMMENT=	Lightweight field hash implementation
 
 LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-Hash-NoRef/Makefile b/devel/p5-Hash-NoRef/Makefile
index a9a68ed7150a..16d97d809283 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Hash-NoRef/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Hash-NoRef/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A HASH that store values without increase the reference count
+COMMENT=	HASH that store values without increase the reference count
 
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 USES=		perl5
diff --git a/devel/p5-MooseX-MetaDescription/Makefile b/devel/p5-MooseX-MetaDescription/Makefile
index e8ea786a458c..a1ddfd62d5b4 100644
--- a/devel/p5-MooseX-MetaDescription/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-MooseX-MetaDescription/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A framework for adding additional metadata to Moose classes
+COMMENT=	Framework for adding additional metadata to Moose classes
 
 LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
diff --git a/devel/p5-POE-Loop-Tk/Makefile b/devel/p5-POE-Loop-Tk/Makefile
index 5a68170478cd..11a0fff9f0df 100644
--- a/devel/p5-POE-Loop-Tk/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-POE-Loop-Tk/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A bridge that allows POE to be driven by Tk
+COMMENT=	Bridge that allows POE to be driven by Tk
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-POE>=1.289:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-POE \
 		p5-Tk>=804.028:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/p5-Tk
diff --git a/devel/p5-PerlIO-Util/Makefile b/devel/p5-PerlIO-Util/Makefile
index 22fda15a4506..369473fbce60 100644
--- a/devel/p5-PerlIO-Util/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-PerlIO-Util/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A selection of general PerlIO utilities
+COMMENT=	Selection of general PerlIO utilities
 
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 USES=		perl5
diff --git a/devel/p5-Text-Levenshtein/Makefile b/devel/p5-Text-Levenshtein/Makefile
index 8fcb6b915544..12fb9c6e64ed 100644
--- a/devel/p5-Text-Levenshtein/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-Text-Levenshtein/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An implementation of the Levenshtein edit distance
+COMMENT=	Implementation of the Levenshtein edit distance
 
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 USES=		perl5
diff --git a/devel/py-isodate/Makefile b/devel/py-isodate/Makefile
index bf54405b0cda..ce8aed8a4def 100644
--- a/devel/py-isodate/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-isodate/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An ISO 8601 date/time/duration parser and formater
+COMMENT=	ISO 8601 date/time/duration parser and formater
 
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
 USE_PYDISTUTILS=	yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-attic/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-attic/Makefile
index 8f80fb370ae6..b11963228286 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-attic/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-attic/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A place to hide private instance variables in your Ruby objects
+COMMENT=	Place to hide private instance variables in your Ruby objects
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USE_RUBYGEMS=	yes
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-benelux/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-benelux/Makefile
index 3036fa6d43d5..282bd3929687 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-benelux/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-benelux/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A mad way to time Ruby codes
+COMMENT=	Mad way to time Ruby codes
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-attic>=0.5.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-attic \
 		rubygem-storable>=0.8.6:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-storable
diff --git a/ftp/pure-ftpd/Makefile b/ftp/pure-ftpd/Makefile
index d1436e3ede94..34e9cfdb7f42 100644
--- a/ftp/pure-ftpd/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/pure-ftpd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/releases/ \
 		SF/pureftpd/Pure-FTPd/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A small, easy to set up, fast, and very secure FTP server
+COMMENT=	Small, easy to set up, fast, and very secure FTP server
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 SUB_LIST=	PAM_DIR=${PAM_DIR} PAM_TARGET=${PAM_TARGET}
diff --git a/ftp/py-tftpy/Makefile b/ftp/py-tftpy/Makefile
index 15870f600cd3..e39095ade7b7 100644
--- a/ftp/py-tftpy/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/py-tftpy/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF \
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Pure Python TFTP Implementation
+COMMENT=	Pure Python TFTP Implementation
 
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
 USE_PYDISTUTILS=	yes
diff --git a/graphics/rubygem-png/Makefile b/graphics/rubygem-png/Makefile
index a47b4837bac8..7c32f5783bfa 100644
--- a/graphics/rubygem-png/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/rubygem-png/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	graphics rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An almost-pure-ruby PNG library
+COMMENT=	Almost-pure-ruby PNG library
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-hoe>=2.3.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-hoe
 
diff --git a/mail/procmail/Makefile b/mail/procmail/Makefile
index 2eaf7521e3eb..71e00673c869 100644
--- a/mail/procmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/procmail/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/procmail/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A local mail delivery agent
+COMMENT=	Local mail delivery agent
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-suid install.man
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
diff --git a/math/p5-Number-Uncertainty/Makefile b/math/p5-Number-Uncertainty/Makefile
index 57741f7ed1c7..ce3599d95a65 100644
--- a/math/p5-Number-Uncertainty/Makefile
+++ b/math/p5-Number-Uncertainty/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An object-orientated uncertainty object
+COMMENT=	Object-orientated uncertainty object
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2 GPLv3
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
diff --git a/multimedia/p5-Umph-Prompt/Makefile b/multimedia/p5-Umph-Prompt/Makefile
index 5a97b16acc38..f0ee16591713 100644
--- a/multimedia/p5-Umph-Prompt/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/p5-Umph-Prompt/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	GOOGLE_CODE
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An interactive prompt module for umph and similar programs
+COMMENT=	Interactive prompt module for umph and similar programs
 
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 USES=		perl5
diff --git a/net-im/p5-SOAP-Transport-JABBER/Makefile b/net-im/p5-SOAP-Transport-JABBER/Makefile
index 80cd24574810..d18ea4be5a58 100644
--- a/net-im/p5-SOAP-Transport-JABBER/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/p5-SOAP-Transport-JABBER/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Jabber-based transport backend for SOAP::Lite
+COMMENT=	Jabber-based transport backend for SOAP::Lite
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-Net-Jabber>=0:${PORTSDIR}/net-im/p5-Net-Jabber \
 		p5-SOAP-Lite>=0.711:${PORTSDIR}/net/p5-SOAP-Lite
diff --git a/net-mgmt/ettercap/Makefile b/net-mgmt/ettercap/Makefile
index cf335a3f025b..4e45b0fcbdc6 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/ettercap/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/ettercap/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:R}-Lazarus \
 		${MASTER_SITE_PACKETSTORM:S:%SUBDIR%:sniffers/ettercap:}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A network sniffer/interceptor/injector/logger for switched LANs
+COMMENT=	Network sniffer/interceptor/injector/logger for switched LANs
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	net:${PORTSDIR}/net/libnet
 
diff --git a/net/rubygem-httpauth/Makefile b/net/rubygem-httpauth/Makefile
index 3e805c017dc4..f3fea98f81f4 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-httpauth/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-httpauth/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	net rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A library for HTTP authentication protocol in RFC 2617
+COMMENT=	Library for HTTP authentication protocol in RFC 2617
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USE_RUBYGEMS=	yes
diff --git a/net/rubygem-oauth2/Makefile b/net/rubygem-oauth2/Makefile
index 705950139e3c..ebf9264636a2 100644
--- a/net/rubygem-oauth2/Makefile
+++ b/net/rubygem-oauth2/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	net rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Ruby wrapper for the OAuth 2.0 protocol
+COMMENT=	Ruby wrapper for the OAuth 2.0 protocol
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
diff --git a/net/tcptraceroute/Makefile b/net/tcptraceroute/Makefile
index 45ec8125cdc2..87569e14802f 100644
--- a/net/tcptraceroute/Makefile
+++ b/net/tcptraceroute/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://michael.toren.net/code/tcptraceroute/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A traceroute implementation using TCP packets
+COMMENT=	Traceroute implementation using TCP packets
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LIBNET_CONFIG}:${PORTSDIR}/net/libnet10
 
diff --git a/net/tintin++/Makefile b/net/tintin++/Makefile
index 5059bb250d8b..49683797993e 100644
--- a/net/tintin++/Makefile
+++ b/net/tintin++/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/tintin/TinTin%2B%2B%20Source%20Code/${PORTVERSION}/
 DISTNAME=	tintin-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A client program to help playing MUDs
+COMMENT=	Client program to help playing MUDs
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/science/pnetcdf/Makefile b/science/pnetcdf/Makefile
index 69b2ef45391c..0f7d6fcf1b1c 100644
--- a/science/pnetcdf/Makefile
+++ b/science/pnetcdf/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/parallel-netcdf/ \
 DISTNAME=	parallel-netcdf-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A library providing high-performance I/O
+COMMENT=	Library providing high-performance I/O
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS OPENMPI
 OPENMPI_DESC=	Use openmpi instead of mpich2
diff --git a/science/udunits/Makefile b/science/udunits/Makefile
index c2d78dc8cfab..0455c85d0091 100644
--- a/science/udunits/Makefile
+++ b/science/udunits/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/udunits/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A library for manipulating units of physical quantities
+COMMENT=	Library for manipulating units of physical quantities
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	expat.6:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
 
diff --git a/sysutils/agedu/Makefile b/sysutils/agedu/Makefile
index eb8066330e7c..4f8a7f47ddf8 100644
--- a/sysutils/agedu/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/agedu/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/${PORTNAME}/ \
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-r${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Unix utility for tracking down wasted disk space
+COMMENT=	Unix utility for tracking down wasted disk space
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Lingua-Ispell/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Lingua-Ispell/Makefile
index 2248ee013377..50a2358955fc 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-Lingua-Ispell/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-Lingua-Ispell/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Perl module that encapsulates access to the Ispell program
+COMMENT=	Perl module that encapsulates access to the Ispell program
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/ispell:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ispell
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-Toolkit/Makefile b/textproc/p5-XML-Toolkit/Makefile
index b9ef2433621a..8cf9908e6b63 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-XML-Toolkit/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-Toolkit/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:PERIGRIN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A suit of XML tools with Antlers
+COMMENT=	Suit of XML tools with Antlers
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-Bread-Board>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Bread-Board \
 		p5-Devel-PackagePath>=0.01:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Devel-PackagePath \
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-yard/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-yard/Makefile
index de860c112f3a..d4934e26d985 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-yard/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-yard/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	textproc devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A documentation generation tool for Ruby
+COMMENT=	Documentation generation tool for Ruby
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
diff --git a/textproc/tidyp/Makefile b/textproc/tidyp/Makefile
index 130aefeb71ed..0035ab8b5055 100644
--- a/textproc/tidyp/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/tidyp/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://cloud.github.com/downloads/petdance/tidyp/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A library and program to validate and fix HTML
+COMMENT=	Library and program to validate and fix HTML
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/www/fancybox/Makefile b/www/fancybox/Makefile
index a0b459c059bb..9a1ac7473941 100644
--- a/www/fancybox/Makefile
+++ b/www/fancybox/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	GOOGLE_CODE
 DISTNAME=	jquery.${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A JavaScript library for image/html/multimedia content display
+COMMENT=	JavaScript library for image/html/multimedia content display
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 USE_ZIP=	yes
diff --git a/www/p5-HTML-Declare/Makefile b/www/p5-HTML-Declare/Makefile
index af860360ca47..31084824bf7c 100644
--- a/www/p5-HTML-Declare/Makefile
+++ b/www/p5-HTML-Declare/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A very simple micro language to generate HTML
+COMMENT=	Very simple micro language to generate HTML
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-HTML-Parser>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/p5-HTML-Parser
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/www/p5-Net-Plurk/Makefile b/www/p5-Net-Plurk/Makefile
index 0ac828d1bd54..1b3b86491b12 100644
--- a/www/p5-Net-Plurk/Makefile
+++ b/www/p5-Net-Plurk/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:CLSUNG
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A perl interface to Plurk API
+COMMENT=	Perl interface to Plurk API
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-AnyEvent-HTTP>=0:${PORTSDIR}/www/p5-AnyEvent-HTTP \
 		p5-DateTime-Format-Strptime>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-DateTime-Format-Strptime \
diff --git a/www/protovis/Makefile b/www/protovis/Makefile
index 0f7d7ee57639..9cddc685171a 100644
--- a/www/protovis/Makefile
+++ b/www/protovis/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	www
 MASTER_SITES=	GOOGLE_CODE
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A JavaScript graphical toolkit for data visualization
+COMMENT=	JavaScript graphical toolkit for data visualization
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 USE_ZIP=	yes
diff --git a/www/py-qp/Makefile b/www/py-qp/Makefile
index 58f6bf3352db..182580a33558 100644
--- a/www/py-qp/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-qp/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/qp/ \
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A python web framework to use qpy and durus together
+COMMENT=	Python web framework to use qpy and durus together
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}durus>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-durus \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qpy>=1.7:${PORTSDIR}/www/py-qpy
diff --git a/www/rubygem-robots/Makefile b/www/rubygem-robots/Makefile
index 50ac1be35e9d..aa48a9600a34 100644
--- a/www/rubygem-robots/Makefile
+++ b/www/rubygem-robots/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	www rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A simple library to parse robots.txt files
+COMMENT=	Simple library to parse robots.txt files
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USE_RUBYGEMS=	yes
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/p5-Tk-ToolBar/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/p5-Tk-ToolBar/Makefile
index f33bca16489c..5ab05583bffa 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/p5-Tk-ToolBar/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/p5-Tk-ToolBar/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A toolbar widget for Perl/Tk
+COMMENT=	Toolbar widget for Perl/Tk
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-Tk-CursorControl>=0:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/p5-Tk-CursorControl
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}