diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8db751e94..703a9a932 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 2005-01-23  Clint Adams  <clint@zsh.org>
 
-	* 20737: Completion/Unix/Command/_subversion: run svn commands with
-	  LANG=C.
+	* 20737, 20739: Completion/Unix/Command/_subversion: run svn
+	  commands with LC_MESSAGES=C.
 
 2005-01-22  Clint Adams  <clint@zsh.org>
 
diff --git a/Completion/Unix/Command/_subversion b/Completion/Unix/Command/_subversion
index 0895bf4d5..81188b25d 100644
--- a/Completion/Unix/Command/_subversion
+++ b/Completion/Unix/Command/_subversion
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ _svn_command () {
   if (( ! $+_svn_cmds )); then
     typeset -gA _svn_cmds
     _svn_cmds=(
-      ${=${(f)${${"$(LANG=C _call_program commands svn help)"#l#*Available subcommands:}%%Subversion is a tool*}}/(#s)[[:space:]]#(#b)([a-z]##)[[:space:]]#(\([a-z, ?]##\))#/$match[1] :$match[1]${match[2]:+:${${match[2]//[(),]}// /:}}:}
+      ${=${(f)${${"$(LC_MESSAGES=C _call_program commands svn help)"#l#*Available subcommands:}%%Subversion is a tool*}}/(#s)[[:space:]]#(#b)([a-z]##)[[:space:]]#(\([a-z, ?]##\))#/$match[1] :$match[1]${match[2]:+:${${match[2]//[(),]}// /:}}:}
     )
   fi
 
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ _svn_command () {
 _svn_subcommand () {
   local subcmd _svn_subcmds _svn_subcmd_usage
 
-  _svn_subcmd_usage=${${(M)${(f)"$(LANG=C _call_program options svn help $1)"}:#usage:*}#usage: $1 }
+  _svn_subcmd_usage=${${(M)${(f)"$(LC_MESSAGES=C _call_program options svn help $1)"}:#usage:*}#usage: $1 }
 
   _svn_subcmds=(
-    ${${=${${${(M)${(f)"$(LANG=C _call_program options svn help $1)"##*Valid options:}:#* :*}%% #:*}/ arg/:arg:}/(#b)-([[:alpha:]]) \[--([a-z-]##)\](:arg:)#/(--$match[2])-$match[1]$match[3] (-$match[1])--$match[2]$match[3]}[2,-1]}
+    ${${=${${${(M)${(f)"$(LC_MESSAGES=C _call_program options svn help $1)"##*Valid options:}:#* :*}%% #:*}/ arg/:arg:}/(#b)-([[:alpha:]]) \[--([a-z-]##)\](:arg:)#/(--$match[2])-$match[1]$match[3] (-$match[1])--$match[2]$match[3]}[2,-1]}
   )
 
   case $1 in;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ _svnadmin_command () {
   if (( ! $+_svnadmin_cmds )); then
     typeset -gA _svnadmin_cmds
     _svnadmin_cmds=(
-      ${=${(f)${${"$(LANG=C _call_program commands svnadmin help)"#l#*Available subcommands:}}}/(#s)[[:space:]]#(#b)([a-z]##)[[:space:]]#(\([a-z, ?]##\))#/$match[1] :$match[1]${match[2]:+:${${match[2]//[(),]}// /:}}:}
+      ${=${(f)${${"$(LC_MESSAGES=C _call_program commands svnadmin help)"#l#*Available subcommands:}}}/(#s)[[:space:]]#(#b)([a-z]##)[[:space:]]#(\([a-z, ?]##\))#/$match[1] :$match[1]${match[2]:+:${${match[2]//[(),]}// /:}}:}
     )
   fi
 
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ _svnadmin_command () {
 _svnadmin_subcommand () {
   local subcmd _svnadmin_subcmds _svnadmin_subcmd_usage
 
-  _svnadmin_subcmd_usage=${${(M)${(f)"$(LANG=C _call_program options svnadmin help $1)"}:#$1: usage:*}#$1: usage: svnadmin $1 }
+  _svnadmin_subcmd_usage=${${(M)${(f)"$(LC_MESSAGES=C _call_program options svnadmin help $1)"}:#$1: usage:*}#$1: usage: svnadmin $1 }
 
   _svnadmin_subcmds=(
-    ${${=${${${(M)${(f)"$(LANG=C _call_program options svnadmin help $1)"##*Valid options:}:#*:*}%% #:*}/ arg/:arg:}/(#b)-([[:alpha:]]) \[--([a-z-]##)\](:arg:)#/(--$match[2])-$match[1]$match[3] (-$match[1])--$match[2]$match[3]}[2,-1]}
+    ${${=${${${(M)${(f)"$(LC_MESSAGES=C _call_program options svnadmin help $1)"##*Valid options:}:#*:*}%% #:*}/ arg/:arg:}/(#b)-([[:alpha:]]) \[--([a-z-]##)\](:arg:)#/(--$match[2])-$match[1]$match[3] (-$match[1])--$match[2]$match[3]}[2,-1]}
   )
 
   [[ "$_svnadmin_subcmd_usage" == *REPOS_PATH* ]] &&