diff --git a/devel/tkp4/Makefile b/devel/tkp4/Makefile
index 21b03fff99bb..d23260cf7a94 100644
--- a/devel/tkp4/Makefile
+++ b/devel/tkp4/Makefile
@@ -20,13 +20,9 @@ do-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/*.tcl ${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/tkp4 ${PREFIX}/bin
-.ifndef NOPORTDOCS
 	${MKDIR} ${DOCSDIR}
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/[A-Z]* ${DOCSDIR}
-.else
-
-PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-nodocs
-.endif
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/CHANGES ${WRKSRC}/P4WINdifferences \
+		${WRKSRC}/UsingTkP4 ${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
diff --git a/devel/tkp4/files/patch-docs b/devel/tkp4/files/patch-docs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55b66f38bbf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/tkp4/files/patch-docs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+On FreeBSD, the customary places for documentation of the ported software
+is under /usr/local/share/doc/<port name>.
+
+--- tkp4.tcl	Thu Sep 13 18:48:49 2001
++++ tkp4.tcl	Fri May 17 15:48:48 2002
+@@ -1893 +1893 @@
+-            p4_viewDialog show "TkP4 - Changes" [p4_fileGetText [file join $p4(libdir) CHANGES]]
++            p4_viewDialog show "TkP4 - Changes" [p4_fileGetText [file join $p4(libdir) .. doc tkp4 CHANGES]]
+@@ -2032 +2032 @@
+-            p4_viewDialog show "TkP4 - P4Win Differences" [p4_fileGetText [file join $p4(libdir) P4WINdifferences]]
++            p4_viewDialog show "TkP4 - P4Win Differences" [p4_fileGetText [file join $p4(libdir) .. doc tkp4 P4WINdifferences]]
+@@ -2038 +2038 @@
+-            p4_viewDialog show "TkP4 - Using" [p4_fileGetText [file join $p4(libdir) UsingTkP4]]
++            p4_viewDialog show "TkP4 - Using" [p4_fileGetText [file join $p4(libdir) .. doc tkp4 UsingTkP4]]
diff --git a/devel/tkp4/pkg-plist b/devel/tkp4/pkg-plist
index 04342423c6b5..ecc1c0be67b5 100644
--- a/devel/tkp4/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/tkp4/pkg-plist
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ bin/tkp4
 %%SCRIPTS%%/tkp4.tcl
 %%SCRIPTS%%/tree.tcl
 @dirrm %%SCRIPTS%%
-%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCS%%/CHANGES
-%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCS%%/P4WINdifferences
-%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCS%%/README
-%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCS%%/UsingTkP4
-%%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm %%DOCS%%
+%%DOCS%%/CHANGES
+%%DOCS%%/P4WINdifferences
+%%DOCS%%/UsingTkP4
+@dirrm %%DOCS%%