diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 5a152b0878..7c0273c9ad 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ stop_here_user_resolve () {
 	    printf '%s\n' "$resolvemsg"
 	    stop_here $1
     fi
-    echo "When you have resolved this problem run \"$cmdline --resolved\"."
-    echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
-    echo "To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"$cmdline --abort\"."
+    eval_gettext "When you have resolved this problem run \"\$cmdline --resolved\".
+If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"\$cmdline --skip\".
+To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"\$cmdline --abort\"."; echo
 
     stop_here $1
 }
@@ -608,9 +608,9 @@ do
 			go_next && continue
 
 		test -s "$dotest/patch" || {
-			echo "Patch is empty.  Was it split wrong?"
-			echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
-			echo "To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"$cmdline --abort\"."
+			eval_gettext "Patch is empty.  Was it split wrong?
+If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"\$cmdline --skip\".
+To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"\$cmdline --abort\"."; echo
 			stop_here $this
 		}
 		rm -f "$dotest/original-commit" "$dotest/author-script"