diff --git a/include/Makefile b/include/Makefile
index 62a69c5b1b8..7045dfdfee7 100644
--- a/include/Makefile
+++ b/include/Makefile
@@ -72,18 +72,18 @@ SHARED?=	copies
 
 INCS+=	osreldate.h
 
-osreldate.h:	${.CURDIR}/../sys/conf/newvers.sh \
-		${.CURDIR}/../sys/sys/param.h \
-		${.CURDIR}/Makefile
+osreldate.h: ${.CURDIR}/../sys/conf/newvers.sh ${.CURDIR}/../sys/sys/param.h \
+    ${.CURDIR}/Makefile
 	@${ECHO} creating osreldate.h from newvers.sh
-	@PARAMFILE=${.CURDIR}/../sys/sys/param.h; \
-	MAKE=${MAKE} . ${.CURDIR}/../sys/conf/newvers.sh; \
+	@MAKE=${MAKE}; \
+	PARAMFILE=${.CURDIR}/../sys/sys/param.h; \
+	. ${.CURDIR}/../sys/conf/newvers.sh; \
 	echo "$$COPYRIGHT" > osreldate.h; \
 	echo "#ifdef _KERNEL" >> osreldate.h; \
-	echo '#error "<osreldate.h> cannot be used in the kernel, use <sys/param.h>"' >> osreldate.h; \
+	echo "#error \"<osreldate.h> cannot be used in the kernel, use <sys/param.h>\"" >> osreldate.h; \
 	echo "#else" >> osreldate.h; \
-	echo \#'undef __FreeBSD_version' >> osreldate.h; \
-	echo \#'define __FreeBSD_version' $$RELDATE >> osreldate.h; \
+	echo "#undef __FreeBSD_version" >> osreldate.h; \
+	echo "#define __FreeBSD_version $$RELDATE" >> osreldate.h; \
 	echo "#endif" >> osreldate.h
 
 .for i in ${LHDRS}