diff --git a/port_joseph/town/portia b/port_joseph/town/portia
index 732f8e9bf..1c118516d 100644
--- a/port_joseph/town/portia
+++ b/port_joseph/town/portia
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ height 28
 enter_x 1
 msg
 Created:  1994-05-26 langley (langley@fermat.dartmouth.edu)
-Modified: 2011-11-26 Rick Tanner
+Modified: 2012-02-21 Rick Tanner
 endmsg
 outdoor 1
 end
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ y 6
 end
 arch book_read
 msg
-A coffee table book
+A coffee table book.
 endmsg
 x 7
 y 6
@@ -3185,7 +3185,7 @@ y 25
 end
 arch sign
 msg
-Beware of Dog
+Beware of Dog!
 endmsg
 x 18
 y 25