diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index b01d76a243..afe83b9843 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static int opt_parse_sort(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 }
 
 static char const * const for_each_ref_usage[] = {
-	"git for-each-ref [options] [<pattern>]",
+	N_("git for-each-ref [options] [<pattern>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -989,19 +989,19 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	struct option opts[] = {
 		OPT_BIT('s', "shell", &quote_style,
-		        "quote placeholders suitably for shells", QUOTE_SHELL),
+			N_("quote placeholders suitably for shells"), QUOTE_SHELL),
 		OPT_BIT('p', "perl",  &quote_style,
-		        "quote placeholders suitably for perl", QUOTE_PERL),
+			N_("quote placeholders suitably for perl"), QUOTE_PERL),
 		OPT_BIT(0 , "python", &quote_style,
-		        "quote placeholders suitably for python", QUOTE_PYTHON),
+			N_("quote placeholders suitably for python"), QUOTE_PYTHON),
 		OPT_BIT(0 , "tcl",  &quote_style,
-		        "quote placeholders suitably for tcl", QUOTE_TCL),
+			N_("quote placeholders suitably for tcl"), QUOTE_TCL),
 
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
-		OPT_INTEGER( 0 , "count", &maxcount, "show only <n> matched refs"),
-		OPT_STRING(  0 , "format", &format, "format", "format to use for the output"),
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sort_tail, "key",
-		            "field name to sort on", &opt_parse_sort),
+		OPT_INTEGER( 0 , "count", &maxcount, N_("show only <n> matched refs")),
+		OPT_STRING(  0 , "format", &format, N_("format"), N_("format to use for the output")),
+		OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sort_tail, N_("key"),
+			    N_("field name to sort on"), &opt_parse_sort),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};