diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index b555a1bf9c..961def55bb 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ static int default_edit_option(void)
 	if (e) {
 		int v = git_config_maybe_bool(name, e);
 		if (v < 0)
-			die("Bad value '%s' in environment '%s'", e, name);
+			die(_("Bad value '%s' in environment '%s'"), e, name);
 		return v;
 	}
 
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ static void handle_fetch_head(struct commit_list **remotes, struct strbuf *merge
 		if (!commit) {
 			if (ptr)
 				*ptr = '\0';
-			die("not something we can merge in %s: %s",
+			die(_("not something we can merge in %s: %s"),
 			    filename, merge_names->buf + pos);
 		}
 		remotes = &commit_list_insert(commit, remotes)->next;
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ static struct commit_list *collect_parents(struct commit *head_commit,
 			struct commit *commit = get_merge_parent(argv[i]);
 			if (!commit)
 				help_unknown_ref(argv[i], "merge",
-						 "not something we can merge");
+						 _("not something we can merge"));
 			remotes = &commit_list_insert(commit, remotes)->next;
 		}
 		remoteheads = reduce_parents(head_commit, head_subsumed, remoteheads);
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		 * If head can reach all the merge then we are up to date.
 		 * but first the most common case of merging one remote.
 		 */
-		finish_up_to_date("Already up-to-date.");
+		finish_up_to_date(_("Already up-to-date."));
 		goto done;
 	} else if (fast_forward != FF_NO && !remoteheads->next &&
 			!common->next &&
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			}
 		}
 		if (up_to_date) {
-			finish_up_to_date("Already up-to-date. Yeeah!");
+			finish_up_to_date(_("Already up-to-date. Yeeah!"));
 			goto done;
 		}
 	}