diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3ce23af0..c71f8a80 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-12-28  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/files.c (do_lockfile): Gettextize the "File being edited"
+	prompt, and improve its wording.
+
 2014-11-30  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* doc/syntax/spec.nanorc: Colorize %pretrans and %posttrans fully.
 	Original patch from Savannah patch #8573 by Daniel Vrátil.
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index c5d7942b..b3e65413 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int do_lockfile(const char *filename)
         fprintf(stderr, "user which created this lock file should be %s\n",
                 lockuser);
 #endif
-        sprintf(promptstr, "File being edited (by %s, PID %d, user %s), continue?",
+        sprintf(promptstr, _("File is being edited (by %s, PID %d, user %s); continue?"),
                               lockprog, lockpid, lockuser);
         ans = do_yesno_prompt(FALSE, promptstr);
         if (ans < 1) {