diff --git a/lang/erlang/Makefile b/lang/erlang/Makefile
index 4429db017734..785021b672aa 100644
--- a/lang/erlang/Makefile
+++ b/lang/erlang/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ COMMENT=	A functional programming language from Ericsson
 
 CONFLICTS?=	erlang-lite-r[0-9]*
 
+SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
+
 # The Java applications that are part of the Erlang distribution are
 # not strictly necessary - it is included for completeness sake. A
 # problem with the Erlang build procedure is that it only checks if
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ NOPRECIOUSMAKEVARS=	yes # Prevent exporting of "ARCH"
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-PLIST_SUB+=	ERTS_VSN=${ERTS_VSN}
+PLIST_SUB+=	ERTS_VSN=${ERTS_VSN} TOOLS_VSN=${TOOLS_VSN}
 
 # The man-pages are put (in spite of FreeBSD's port convention) in a private
 # subdir. This is to avoid cluttering up the man page name space. Also the
diff --git a/lang/erlang/Makefile.lib b/lang/erlang/Makefile.lib
index 4e31eb5ea67a..3f8751174ac0 100644
--- a/lang/erlang/Makefile.lib
+++ b/lang/erlang/Makefile.lib
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 ERTS_VSN=	5.5.2
+TOOLS_VSN=	2.5.2
 OTP_LIBS=	appmon-2.1.6 \
 		asn1-1.4.4.11 \
 		compiler-4.4.2 \
diff --git a/lang/erlang/pkg-message b/lang/erlang/files/pkg-message.in
similarity index 81%
rename from lang/erlang/pkg-message
rename to lang/erlang/files/pkg-message.in
index a9628d938b35..6abe1f5611f3 100644
--- a/lang/erlang/pkg-message
+++ b/lang/erlang/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Installation tips:
 
 You can find an emacs mode for Erlang here:
 
-    ${LOCALBASE}/lib/erlang/lib/tools-2.5.2/emacs
+    %%LOCALBASE%%/lib/erlang/lib/tools-2.5.2/emacs
 
 You may wish to add the following line to /etc/manpath.config:
 
-OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/local/lib/erlang/man
+OPTIONAL_MANPATH	%%LOCALBASE%%/lib/erlang/man
 ===========================================================================
diff --git a/lang/erlang14/Makefile b/lang/erlang14/Makefile
index 4429db017734..785021b672aa 100644
--- a/lang/erlang14/Makefile
+++ b/lang/erlang14/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ COMMENT=	A functional programming language from Ericsson
 
 CONFLICTS?=	erlang-lite-r[0-9]*
 
+SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
+
 # The Java applications that are part of the Erlang distribution are
 # not strictly necessary - it is included for completeness sake. A
 # problem with the Erlang build procedure is that it only checks if
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ NOPRECIOUSMAKEVARS=	yes # Prevent exporting of "ARCH"
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-PLIST_SUB+=	ERTS_VSN=${ERTS_VSN}
+PLIST_SUB+=	ERTS_VSN=${ERTS_VSN} TOOLS_VSN=${TOOLS_VSN}
 
 # The man-pages are put (in spite of FreeBSD's port convention) in a private
 # subdir. This is to avoid cluttering up the man page name space. Also the
diff --git a/lang/erlang14/Makefile.lib b/lang/erlang14/Makefile.lib
index 4e31eb5ea67a..3f8751174ac0 100644
--- a/lang/erlang14/Makefile.lib
+++ b/lang/erlang14/Makefile.lib
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 ERTS_VSN=	5.5.2
+TOOLS_VSN=	2.5.2
 OTP_LIBS=	appmon-2.1.6 \
 		asn1-1.4.4.11 \
 		compiler-4.4.2 \
diff --git a/lang/erlang14/pkg-message b/lang/erlang14/files/pkg-message.in
similarity index 81%
rename from lang/erlang14/pkg-message
rename to lang/erlang14/files/pkg-message.in
index a9628d938b35..6abe1f5611f3 100644
--- a/lang/erlang14/pkg-message
+++ b/lang/erlang14/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Installation tips:
 
 You can find an emacs mode for Erlang here:
 
-    ${LOCALBASE}/lib/erlang/lib/tools-2.5.2/emacs
+    %%LOCALBASE%%/lib/erlang/lib/tools-2.5.2/emacs
 
 You may wish to add the following line to /etc/manpath.config:
 
-OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/local/lib/erlang/man
+OPTIONAL_MANPATH	%%LOCALBASE%%/lib/erlang/man
 ===========================================================================