diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index 745462da53..1d267165fb 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -1186,15 +1186,53 @@ sub edit_hunk_loop {
 	}
 }
 
+my %help_patch_modes = (
+	stage => N__(
+"y - stage this hunk
+n - do not stage this hunk
+q - quit; do not stage this hunk or any of the remaining ones
+a - stage this hunk and all later hunks in the file
+d - do not stage this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file"),
+	stash => N__(
+"y - stash this hunk
+n - do not stash this hunk
+q - quit; do not stash this hunk or any of the remaining ones
+a - stash this hunk and all later hunks in the file
+d - do not stash this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file"),
+	reset_head => N__(
+"y - unstage this hunk
+n - do not unstage this hunk
+q - quit; do not unstage this hunk or any of the remaining ones
+a - unstage this hunk and all later hunks in the file
+d - do not unstage this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file"),
+	reset_nothead => N__(
+"y - apply this hunk to index
+n - do not apply this hunk to index
+q - quit; do not apply this hunk or any of the remaining ones
+a - apply this hunk and all later hunks in the file
+d - do not apply this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file"),
+	checkout_index => N__(
+"y - discard this hunk from worktree
+n - do not discard this hunk from worktree
+q - quit; do not discard this hunk or any of the remaining ones
+a - discard this hunk and all later hunks in the file
+d - do not discard this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file"),
+	checkout_head => N__(
+"y - discard this hunk from index and worktree
+n - do not discard this hunk from index and worktree
+q - quit; do not discard this hunk or any of the remaining ones
+a - discard this hunk and all later hunks in the file
+d - do not discard this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file"),
+	checkout_nothead => N__(
+"y - apply this hunk to index and worktree
+n - do not apply this hunk to index and worktree
+q - quit; do not apply this hunk or any of the remaining ones
+a - apply this hunk and all later hunks in the file
+d - do not apply this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file"),
+);
+
 sub help_patch_cmd {
-	my $verb = lc $patch_mode_flavour{VERB};
-	my $target = $patch_mode_flavour{TARGET};
-	print colored $help_color, <<EOF ;
-y - $verb this hunk$target
-n - do not $verb this hunk$target
-q - quit; do not $verb this hunk or any of the remaining ones
-a - $verb this hunk and all later hunks in the file
-d - do not $verb this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file
+	print colored $help_color, __($help_patch_modes{$patch_mode}), "\n", __ <<EOF ;
 g - select a hunk to go to
 / - search for a hunk matching the given regex
 j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk