diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 388619536a..2d3424cecc 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ struct strategy {
 
 static const char * const builtin_merge_usage[] = {
 	N_("git merge [<options>] [<commit>...]"),
-	N_("git merge --abort"),
-	N_("git merge --continue"),
+	"git merge --abort",
+	"git merge --continue",
 	NULL
 };