diff --git a/mail/phplist/Makefile b/mail/phplist/Makefile
index bf8d7316715e..188d8eef1ea6 100644
--- a/mail/phplist/Makefile
+++ b/mail/phplist/Makefile
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 # Created by: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	phplist
 DISTVERSION=	3.6.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	mail www
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	${PHP_PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@bsdserwis.com
 COMMENT=	Full-featured open-source newsletter manager
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PEARDIR}/HTTP/Request.php:www/pear-HTTP_Request@${PHP_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cpe tar:tgz php:web,flavors
 USE_PHP=	curl gd gettext hash iconv imap json mbstring mysqli pcre session xml zlib
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 SUB_FILES=	phplist
 
 PLIST_SUB=	WWWOWN=${WWWOWN} \
 		WWWGRP=${WWWGRP}
 PORTDOCS=	CONTRIBUTING.md COPYING INSTALL PEOPLE README.md TODO UPGRADE VERSION
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 PEARDIR?=	${LOCALBASE}/share/pear
 
 post-extract:
 	@${MV} ${WRKSRC}/public_html/lists/config/config.php ${WRKSRC}/public_html/lists/config/config.php.sample
 
 # Note: there is file(s) with non-ascii filenames. So it's difficult to add
 # such files to pkg-plist. That's why there is find with delete
 #
 do-install:
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/public_html/ -type f -regex '.*[^!-~].*' -delete
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/public_html/ -type l -delete
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/public_html/ -type d -empty -delete
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}/
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/public_html/ && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR})
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/phplist ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/doc/ && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/mail/phplist/files/phplist.in b/mail/phplist/files/phplist.in
index b2f231283646..e9f7ded67746 100644
--- a/mail/phplist/files/phplist.in
+++ b/mail/phplist/files/phplist.in
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# script to run PHPlist from commandline. You may need to edit this to make it work
-# with your shell environment. The following should work for Bash on Fedora Linux
+# script to run phpList from commandline. You may need to edit this to make it work
+# with your shell environment. The following should work for Bash on Linux
 # but this may vary strongly in other situations. You will need to dig into the
 # code to make sure it works for you.
 
 # in commandline mode, access is restricted to users who are listed in the config file
 # check README.commandline for more info
+#
+# when you set this file up, and place it in your PATH, you can do eg
+#  $ phplist -pprocessqueue
+# to run the queue
 
-# identify the config file for your installation
-CONFIG=%%WWWDIR%%/lists/config/config.php
-export CONFIG
-
-# alternatively you can use -c <path to config file> on the commandline
-
-# run the PHPlist index file with all parameters passed to this script
-exec %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/php %%WWWDIR%%/lists/admin/index.php $*
+# run the phpList index file with all parameters passed to this script
+# make sure the php binary is "cli"
+# 
+%%LOCALBASE%%/bin/php %%WWWDIR%%/lists/admin/index.php -c %%WWWDIR%%/lists/config/config.php $*