diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index dd50a0c57b..e9871ab96b 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ struct strategy {
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_merge_usage[] = {
-	"git merge [options] [<commit>...]",
-	"git merge [options] <msg> HEAD <commit>",
-	"git merge --abort",
+	N_("git merge [options] [<commit>...]"),
+	N_("git merge [options] <msg> HEAD <commit>"),
+	N_("git merge --abort"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -180,39 +180,39 @@ static int option_parse_n(const struct option *opt,
 
 static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
 	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'n', NULL, NULL, NULL,
-		"do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge",
+		N_("do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge"),
 		PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_n },
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stat", &show_diffstat,
-		"show a diffstat at the end of the merge"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &show_diffstat, "(synonym to --stat)"),
-	{ OPTION_INTEGER, 0, "log", &shortlog_len, "n",
-	  "add (at most <n>) entries from shortlog to merge commit message",
+		N_("show a diffstat at the end of the merge")),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &show_diffstat, N_("(synonym to --stat)")),
+	{ OPTION_INTEGER, 0, "log", &shortlog_len, N_("n"),
+	  N_("add (at most <n>) entries from shortlog to merge commit message"),
 	  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, DEFAULT_MERGE_LOG_LEN },
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "squash", &squash,
-		"create a single commit instead of doing a merge"),
+		N_("create a single commit instead of doing a merge")),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "commit", &option_commit,
-		"perform a commit if the merge succeeds (default)"),
+		N_("perform a commit if the merge succeeds (default)")),
 	OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &option_edit,
-		"edit message before committing"),
+		N_("edit message before committing")),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ff", &allow_fast_forward,
-		"allow fast-forward (default)"),
+		N_("allow fast-forward (default)")),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ff-only", &fast_forward_only,
-		"abort if fast-forward is not possible"),
+		N_("abort if fast-forward is not possible")),
 	OPT_RERERE_AUTOUPDATE(&allow_rerere_auto),
-	OPT_CALLBACK('s', "strategy", &use_strategies, "strategy",
-		"merge strategy to use", option_parse_strategy),
-	OPT_CALLBACK('X', "strategy-option", &xopts, "option=value",
-		"option for selected merge strategy", option_parse_x),
-	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &merge_msg, "message",
-		"merge commit message (for a non-fast-forward merge)",
+	OPT_CALLBACK('s', "strategy", &use_strategies, N_("strategy"),
+		N_("merge strategy to use"), option_parse_strategy),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('X', "strategy-option", &xopts, N_("option=value"),
+		N_("option for selected merge strategy"), option_parse_x),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &merge_msg, N_("message"),
+		N_("merge commit message (for a non-fast-forward merge)"),
 		option_parse_message),
 	OPT__VERBOSITY(&verbosity),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "abort", &abort_current_merge,
-		"abort the current in-progress merge"),
-	OPT_SET_INT(0, "progress", &show_progress, "force progress reporting", 1),
-	{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, "key id",
-	  "GPG sign commit", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "overwrite-ignore", &overwrite_ignore, "update ignored files (default)"),
+		N_("abort the current in-progress merge")),
+	OPT_SET_INT(0, "progress", &show_progress, N_("force progress reporting"), 1),
+	{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key id"),
+	  N_("GPG sign commit"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "overwrite-ignore", &overwrite_ignore, N_("update ignored files (default)")),
 	OPT_END()
 };