diff --git a/sysutils/file/Makefile b/sysutils/file/Makefile
index f56bc7ec0577..44605e638487 100644
--- a/sysutils/file/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/file/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	file
-PORTVERSION=	5.17
+PORTVERSION=	5.18
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ \
 		ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/tools/file/
diff --git a/sysutils/file/distinfo b/sysutils/file/distinfo
index 79f94ba277df..ac0d31bd969a 100644
--- a/sysutils/file/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/file/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (file-5.17.tar.gz) = 3feb97141b387b64da30aee485852925312c0e74219380a5ed451f14a90c83ca
-SIZE (file-5.17.tar.gz) = 709991
+SHA256 (file-5.18.tar.gz) = 6519fb706d583231c2419592ebecdbb21d33c62eaf7a1a0b24ddfcb80c08bf07
+SIZE (file-5.18.tar.gz) = 715461
diff --git a/sysutils/file/pkg-descr b/sysutils/file/pkg-descr
index 0c552f8a75c1..c5b6760edcef 100644
--- a/sysutils/file/pkg-descr
+++ b/sysutils/file/pkg-descr
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ tests, performed in the following order:
   - language tests
 
 The first test that succeeds causes the file type to be printed.
+
+WWW: http://darwinsys.com/file