diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7af10a306..39c8b0e0f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-05  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
+
+        * src/ui/theme-parser.c: collapse several strings into one
+        for the translators' benefit.
+
 2009-02-04  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
 
 	* configure.in: post-branch bump to 2.27.0.
diff --git a/src/ui/theme-parser.c b/src/ui/theme-parser.c
index 98dc16621..c3089621b 100644
--- a/src/ui/theme-parser.c
+++ b/src/ui/theme-parser.c
@@ -3713,7 +3713,8 @@ text_handler (GMarkupParseContext *context,
         {
           set_error (error, context, G_MARKUP_ERROR,
                      G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
-                     _("<name> specified twice for this theme"));
+                     _("<%s> specified twice for this theme"),
+                     "name");
           return;
         }
 
@@ -3724,7 +3725,8 @@ text_handler (GMarkupParseContext *context,
         {
           set_error (error, context, G_MARKUP_ERROR,
                      G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
-                     _("<author> specified twice for this theme"));
+                     _("<%s> specified twice for this theme"),
+                     "author");
           return;
         }
 
@@ -3735,7 +3737,8 @@ text_handler (GMarkupParseContext *context,
         {
           set_error (error, context, G_MARKUP_ERROR,
                      G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
-                     _("<copyright> specified twice for this theme"));
+                     _("<%s> specified twice for this theme"),
+                     "copyright");
           return;
         }
 
@@ -3746,7 +3749,8 @@ text_handler (GMarkupParseContext *context,
         {
           set_error (error, context, G_MARKUP_ERROR,
                      G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
-                     _("<date> specified twice for this theme"));
+                     _("<%s> specified twice for this theme"),
+                     "date");
           return;
         }
 
@@ -3757,7 +3761,8 @@ text_handler (GMarkupParseContext *context,
         {
           set_error (error, context, G_MARKUP_ERROR,
                      G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
-                     _("<description> specified twice for this theme"));
+                     _("<%s> specified twice for this theme"),
+                     "description");
           return;
         }