diff --git a/backups.py b/backups.py
index a8faab9c11..f9b128ea90 100644
--- a/backups.py
+++ b/backups.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def backups(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     recovernode = opts.get('recover')
     if recovernode:
         if recovernode in repo:
-            ui.warn("%s already exists in the repo\n" % recovernode)
+            ui.warn(_("%s already exists in the repo\n") % recovernode)
             return
     else:
         msg = _("Recover commits using: hg backups --recover <commit hash>\n")
diff --git a/fbamend.py b/fbamend.py
index 9cee47335b..6ff253e3f8 100644
--- a/fbamend.py
+++ b/fbamend.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def amend(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
             else:
                 _usereducation(ui)
                 ui.warn(msg)
-                ui.status("(use 'hg amend --fixup' to rebase them)\n")
+                ui.status(_("(use 'hg amend --fixup' to rebase them)\n"))
 
         newbookmarks = repo._bookmarks