diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index 725712d788..5621a669af 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static const char *fake_ancestor;
 static int line_termination = '\n';
 static unsigned int p_context = UINT_MAX;
 static const char * const apply_usage[] = {
-	"git apply [options] [<patch>...]",
+	N_("git apply [options] [<patch>...]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -3952,66 +3952,66 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix_)
 	const char *whitespace_option = NULL;
 
 	struct option builtin_apply_options[] = {
-		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "exclude", NULL, "path",
-			"don't apply changes matching the given path",
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "exclude", NULL, N_("path"),
+			N_("don't apply changes matching the given path"),
 			0, option_parse_exclude },
-		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "include", NULL, "path",
-			"apply changes matching the given path",
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "include", NULL, N_("path"),
+			N_("apply changes matching the given path"),
 			0, option_parse_include },
-		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'p', NULL, NULL, "num",
-			"remove <num> leading slashes from traditional diff paths",
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'p', NULL, NULL, N_("num"),
+			N_("remove <num> leading slashes from traditional diff paths"),
 			0, option_parse_p },
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-add", &no_add,
-			"ignore additions made by the patch"),
+			N_("ignore additions made by the patch")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stat", &diffstat,
-			"instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the input"),
+			N_("instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the input")),
 		OPT_NOOP_NOARG(0, "allow-binary-replacement"),
 		OPT_NOOP_NOARG(0, "binary"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "numstat", &numstat,
-			"shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation"),
+			N_("shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &summary,
-			"instead of applying the patch, output a summary for the input"),
+			N_("instead of applying the patch, output a summary for the input")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "check", &check,
-			"instead of applying the patch, see if the patch is applicable"),
+			N_("instead of applying the patch, see if the patch is applicable")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "index", &check_index,
-			"make sure the patch is applicable to the current index"),
+			N_("make sure the patch is applicable to the current index")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "cached", &cached,
-			"apply a patch without touching the working tree"),
+			N_("apply a patch without touching the working tree")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "apply", &force_apply,
-			"also apply the patch (use with --stat/--summary/--check)"),
+			N_("also apply the patch (use with --stat/--summary/--check)")),
 		OPT_FILENAME(0, "build-fake-ancestor", &fake_ancestor,
-			"build a temporary index based on embedded index information"),
+			N_("build a temporary index based on embedded index information")),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'z', NULL, NULL, NULL,
-			"paths are separated with NUL character",
+			N_("paths are separated with NUL character"),
 			PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_z },
 		OPT_INTEGER('C', NULL, &p_context,
-				"ensure at least <n> lines of context match"),
-		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "whitespace", &whitespace_option, "action",
-			"detect new or modified lines that have whitespace errors",
+				N_("ensure at least <n> lines of context match")),
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "whitespace", &whitespace_option, N_("action"),
+			N_("detect new or modified lines that have whitespace errors"),
 			0, option_parse_whitespace },
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "ignore-space-change", NULL, NULL,
-			"ignore changes in whitespace when finding context",
+			N_("ignore changes in whitespace when finding context"),
 			PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_space_change },
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "ignore-whitespace", NULL, NULL,
-			"ignore changes in whitespace when finding context",
+			N_("ignore changes in whitespace when finding context"),
 			PARSE_OPT_NOARG, option_parse_space_change },
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "reverse", &apply_in_reverse,
-			"apply the patch in reverse"),
+			N_("apply the patch in reverse")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "unidiff-zero", &unidiff_zero,
-			"don't expect at least one line of context"),
+			N_("don't expect at least one line of context")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "reject", &apply_with_reject,
-			"leave the rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files"),
+			N_("leave the rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "allow-overlap", &allow_overlap,
-			"allow overlapping hunks"),
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&apply_verbosely, "be verbose"),
+			N_("allow overlapping hunks")),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&apply_verbosely, N_("be verbose")),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "inaccurate-eof", &options,
-			"tolerate incorrectly detected missing new-line at the end of file",
+			N_("tolerate incorrectly detected missing new-line at the end of file"),
 			INACCURATE_EOF),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "recount", &options,
-			"do not trust the line counts in the hunk headers",
+			N_("do not trust the line counts in the hunk headers"),
 			RECOUNT),
-		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "directory", NULL, "root",
-			"prepend <root> to all filenames",
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "directory", NULL, N_("root"),
+			N_("prepend <root> to all filenames"),
 			0, option_parse_directory },
 		OPT_END()
 	};