diff --git a/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk b/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk
index 0391ea99d30..f09d2b7147c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ b/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #-*- mode: Fundamental; tab-width: 4; -*-
 # ex:ts=4 sw=4 filetype=make:
-FULL_REVISION=$$OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk,v 1.237 2000/03/26 21:23:20 espie Exp $$
+FULL_REVISION=$$OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk,v 1.238 2000/03/27 01:52:17 espie Exp $$
 #	$FreeBSD: bsd.port.mk,v 1.264 1996/12/25 02:27:44 imp Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: bsd.port.mk,v 1.62 1998/04/09 12:47:02 hubertf Exp $
 #
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ clean-depends:
 #
 describe:
 .if !defined(NO_DESCRIBE) 
-	@echo -n "${PKGNAME}|${.CURDIR}|"; \
+	@echo -n "${PKGNAME}|${.CURDIR:S,^${PORTSDIR}/,,}|"; \
 	echo -n "${PREFIX}|"; \
 	if [ -f ${COMMENT} ]; then \
 		echo -n "`cat ${COMMENT}`|"; \
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ describe:
 		echo -n "** No Description|"; \
 	fi; \
 	if [ -f ${DESCR} ]; then \
-		echo -n "${DESCR}|"; \
+		echo -n "${DESCR:S,^${PORTSDIR}/,,}|"; \
 	else \
 		echo -n "/dev/null|"; \
 	fi; \