Don't include the verbatim style; the default handling is better.
diff --git a/Doc/perl/howto.perl b/Doc/perl/howto.perl
index 5fe3eb5..42f722f 100644
--- a/Doc/perl/howto.perl
+++ b/Doc/perl/howto.perl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 package main;
 
 do_require_package("article");
-do_require_package("verbatim");
+#do_require_package("verbatim");
 do_require_package("python");
 
 1;				# sheesh....