Index: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting/chapter.xml
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting/chapter.xml
@@ -332,6 +332,12 @@
       right shape and the
       <link linkend="porting-pkgname">package</link> is named
       appropriately.</para>
+
+    <important>
+      <para>Do not blindly follow the output of
+	<command>portlint</command>.  It is a static lint tool and
+	sometimes gets things wrong.</para>
+    </important>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 xml:id="porting-submitting">