diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
index fe431319f..750b65c65 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ mergeConflictOnNotes=Merge conflict on note {0}. base = {1}, ours = {2}, theirs
 mergeStrategyAlreadyExistsAsDefault=Merge strategy "{0}" already exists as a default strategy
 mergeStrategyDoesNotSupportHeads=merge strategy {0} does not support {1} heads to be merged into HEAD
 mergeUsingStrategyResultedInDescription=Merge of revisions {0} with base {1} using strategy {2} resulted in: {3}. {4}
+mergeRecursiveConflictsWhenMergingCommonAncestors=Multiple common ancestors were found and merging them resulted in a conflict: {0}, {1}
 mergeRecursiveReturnedNoCommit=Merge returned no commit:\n Depth {0}\n Head one {1}\n Head two {2}
 mergeRecursiveTooManyMergeBasesFor = "More than {0} merge bases for:\n a {1}\n b {2} found:\n  count {3}"
 messageAndTaggerNotAllowedInUnannotatedTags = Unannotated tags cannot have a message or tagger
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
index f075db3e5..ed9451492 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ public class JGitText extends TranslationBundle {
 	/***/ public String mergeStrategyAlreadyExistsAsDefault;
 	/***/ public String mergeStrategyDoesNotSupportHeads;
 	/***/ public String mergeUsingStrategyResultedInDescription;
+	/***/ public String mergeRecursiveConflictsWhenMergingCommonAncestors;
 	/***/ public String mergeRecursiveReturnedNoCommit;
 	/***/ public String mergeRecursiveTooManyMergeBasesFor;
 	/***/ public String messageAndTaggerNotAllowedInUnannotatedTags;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/RecursiveMerger.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/RecursiveMerger.java
index cce3de9b2..885d88e5c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/RecursiveMerger.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/RecursiveMerger.java
@@ -203,10 +203,8 @@ public class RecursiveMerger extends ResolveMerger {
 					throw new NoMergeBaseException(
 							NoMergeBaseException.MergeBaseFailureReason.CONFLICTS_DURING_MERGE_BASE_CALCULATION,
 							MessageFormat.format(
-									JGitText.get().mergeRecursiveTooManyMergeBasesFor,
-									Integer.valueOf(MAX_BASES), a.name(),
-									b.name(),
-									Integer.valueOf(baseCommits.size())));
+									JGitText.get().mergeRecursiveConflictsWhenMergingCommonAncestors,
+									currentBase.getName(), nextBase.getName()));
 			}
 		} finally {
 			inCore = oldIncore;