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 a003b02cc..33156553b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ indexWriteException=Modified index could not be written
 initFailedBareRepoDifferentDirs=When initializing a bare repo with directory {0} and separate git-dir {1} specified both folders must point to the same location
 initFailedNonBareRepoSameDirs=When initializing a non-bare repo with directory {0} and separate git-dir {1} specified both folders should not point to the same location
 inMemoryBufferLimitExceeded=In-memory buffer limit exceeded
+inputDidntMatchLength=Input did not match supplied length. {0} bytes are missing.
 inputStreamMustSupportMark=InputStream must support mark()
 integerValueOutOfRange=Integer value {0}.{1} out of range
 internalRevisionError=internal revision error
@@ -536,6 +537,7 @@ truncatedHunkNewLinesMissing=Truncated hunk, at least {0} new lines is missing
 truncatedHunkOldLinesMissing=Truncated hunk, at least {0} old lines is missing
 tSizeMustBeGreaterOrEqual1=tSize must be >= 1
 unableToCheckConnectivity=Unable to check connectivity.
+unableToCreateNewObject=Unable to create new object: {0}
 unableToStore=Unable to store {0}.
 unableToWrite=Unable to write {0}
 unencodeableFile=Unencodable file: {0}
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 63b788f6b..587af5725 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ public class JGitText extends TranslationBundle {
 	/***/ public String initFailedBareRepoDifferentDirs;
 	/***/ public String initFailedNonBareRepoSameDirs;
 	/***/ public String inMemoryBufferLimitExceeded;
+	/***/ public String inputDidntMatchLength;
 	/***/ public String inputStreamMustSupportMark;
 	/***/ public String integerValueOutOfRange;
 	/***/ public String internalRevisionError;
@@ -595,6 +596,7 @@ public class JGitText extends TranslationBundle {
 	/***/ public String truncatedHunkOldLinesMissing;
 	/***/ public String tSizeMustBeGreaterOrEqual1;
 	/***/ public String unableToCheckConnectivity;
+	/***/ public String unableToCreateNewObject;
 	/***/ public String unableToStore;
 	/***/ public String unableToWrite;
 	/***/ public String unencodeableFile;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryInserter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryInserter.java
index 812c899a8..eb87460d8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryInserter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryInserter.java
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.security.DigestOutputStream;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ObjectWritingException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
@@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ class ObjectDirectoryInserter extends ObjectInserter {
 		}
 
 		final File dst = db.fileFor(id);
-		throw new ObjectWritingException("Unable to create new object: " + dst);
+		throw new ObjectWritingException(MessageFormat
+				.format(JGitText.get().unableToCreateNewObject, dst));
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -242,7 +245,7 @@ class ObjectDirectoryInserter extends ObjectInserter {
 	}
 
 	private static EOFException shortInput(long missing) {
-		return new EOFException("Input did not match supplied length. "
-				+ missing + " bytes are missing.");
+		return new EOFException(MessageFormat.format(
+				JGitText.get().inputDidntMatchLength, Long.valueOf(missing)));
 	}
 }