diff --git a/archivers/p5-Archive-Tar/Makefile b/archivers/p5-Archive-Tar/Makefile
index fc0ce4cd748e..2a7b7a5a02ba 100644
--- a/archivers/p5-Archive-Tar/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/p5-Archive-Tar/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ USES=		perl5
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	TEXTDIFF
-TEXTDIFF_DESC=	"Text::Diff support for ptardiff"
+TEXTDIFF_DESC=	Text::Diff support for ptardiff
 
 TEXTDIFF_RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-Text-Diff>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-Text-Diff
 
diff --git a/archivers/pear-File_Archive/Makefile b/archivers/pear-File_Archive/Makefile
index c5e353a4eccf..aa850162349b 100644
--- a/archivers/pear-File_Archive/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/pear-File_Archive/Makefile
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ LATEST_LINK=	pear-${PORTNAME}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PEAR_MAIL PEAR_MAIL_MIME PEAR_CACHE_LITE
 
-PEAR_MAIL_DESC=		"PEAR::Mail support"
-PEAR_MAIL_MIME_DESC=	"PEAR::Mail_Mime support"
-PEAR_CACHE_LITE_DESC=	"PEAR::Cache_Lite support"
+PEAR_MAIL_DESC=		PEAR::Mail support
+PEAR_MAIL_MIME_DESC=	PEAR::Mail_Mime support
+PEAR_CACHE_LITE_DESC=	PEAR::Cache_Lite support
 
 PEAR_AUTOINSTALL=	YES
 
diff --git a/databases/pear-DB_DataObject/Makefile b/databases/pear-DB_DataObject/Makefile
index 25a9db2ea605..e802c2c230aa 100644
--- a/databases/pear-DB_DataObject/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pear-DB_DataObject/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ LATEST_LINK=	pear-${PORTNAME}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PEAR_MDB2 PEAR_VALIDATE
 
-PEAR_MDB2_DESC=		"PEAR::MDB2 support"
-PEAR_VALIDATE_DESC=	"PEAR::Validate support"
+PEAR_MDB2_DESC=		PEAR::MDB2 support
+PEAR_VALIDATE_DESC=	PEAR::Validate support
 
 PEAR_AUTOINSTALL=	yes
 
diff --git a/devel/pear-PHPTAL/Makefile b/devel/pear-PHPTAL/Makefile
index ba740ad6edd1..7a4fc2f8818a 100644
--- a/devel/pear-PHPTAL/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pear-PHPTAL/Makefile
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PEARDIR}/PEAR.php:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pear
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	GETTEXT SIMPLEXML JSON
-GETTEXT_DESC=	"Enable GetText Support"
-SIMPLEXML_DESC=	"Enable SimpleXML Support"
-JSON_DESC=	"Enable JSON Support"
+GETTEXT_DESC=	Enable GetText Support
+SIMPLEXML_DESC=	Enable SimpleXML Support
+JSON_DESC=	Enable JSON Support
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
diff --git a/graphics/pear-Image_Barcode/Makefile b/graphics/pear-Image_Barcode/Makefile
index dcf5a5c19929..69cdb4a07970 100644
--- a/graphics/pear-Image_Barcode/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/pear-Image_Barcode/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ USE_PHP=	gd
 LATEST_LINK=	pear-${PORTNAME}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		PEAR_PHP_COMPAT
-PEAR_PHP_COMPAT_DESC=	"PEAR::PHP_Compat support"
+PEAR_PHP_COMPAT_DESC=	PEAR::PHP_Compat support
 
 PEAR_AUTOINSTALL=	yes
 
diff --git a/graphics/swfdec/Makefile b/graphics/swfdec/Makefile
index f1ed41279e34..1652d7427693 100644
--- a/graphics/swfdec/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/swfdec/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LDFLAGS+=	-Wl,-Bsymbolic -L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${PORTVERSION:R}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PULSEAUDIO
-PULSEAUDIO_DESC="Enable the PulseAudio sound module"
+PULSEAUDIO_DESC=Enable the PulseAudio sound module
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
diff --git a/net-im/venom/Makefile b/net-im/venom/Makefile
index b31bdaa1a2b4..735fa99e6ff4 100644
--- a/net-im/venom/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/venom/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ INSTALLS_ICONS=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		QRCODE NOTIFY
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	QRCODE NOTIFY
-QRCODE_DESC=		"Show QR codes"
+QRCODE_DESC=		Show QR codes
 QRCODE_CMAKE_ON=	-DENABLE_QR_ENCODE:BOOL="ON"
 QRCODE_LIB_DEPENDS=	libqrencode.so:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/libqrencode
 NOTIFY_CMAKE_ON=	-DENABLE_LIBNOTIFY:BOOL="ON"
diff --git a/net/minisapserver/Makefile b/net/minisapserver/Makefile
index bc718f8c5c0f..8b2317df7952 100644
--- a/net/minisapserver/Makefile
+++ b/net/minisapserver/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ USE_RC_SUBR=	sapserver
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	SLP
-SLP_DESC=	"Enable SLP support via openslp"
+SLP_DESC=	Enable SLP support via openslp
 
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
diff --git a/textproc/bsdsort/Makefile b/textproc/bsdsort/Makefile
index ee445b4d4d75..2f4aee8e5838 100644
--- a/textproc/bsdsort/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/bsdsort/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MAKE_ENV+=	BINDIR="${PREFIX}/bin" \
 CFLAGS+=	-std=c99
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		THREADS NLS OVERWRITE_BASE
-OVERWRITE_BASE_DESC=	"Replaces base GNU sort"
+OVERWRITE_BASE_DESC=	Replaces base GNU sort
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	THREADS NLS
 
 NO_STAGE=	yes
diff --git a/x11/mlterm/Makefile b/x11/mlterm/Makefile
index a05769618182..9b7344384973 100644
--- a/x11/mlterm/Makefile
+++ b/x11/mlterm/Makefile
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lintl
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	CAIRO DOCS FRIBIDI IBUS M17NLIB SCIM SIXEL UIM
-CAIRO_DESC=	"Use Cairo for type engine (experimental)"
-FRIBIDI_DESC=	"Use Fribidi for BiDi rendering"
-IBUS_DESC=	"IBUS support (experimental)"
-M17NLIB_DESC=	"m17n library support (experimental)"
-SCIM_DESC=	"SCIM support (experimental)"
-SIXEL_DESC=	"Sixel graphics support"
-UIM_DESC=	"uim support (experimental)"
+CAIRO_DESC=	Use Cairo for type engine (experimental)
+FRIBIDI_DESC=	Use Fribidi for BiDi rendering
+IBUS_DESC=	IBUS support (experimental)
+M17NLIB_DESC=	m17n library support (experimental)
+SCIM_DESC=	SCIM support (experimental)
+SIXEL_DESC=	Sixel graphics support
+UIM_DESC=	uim support (experimental)
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>