diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ca2224911f..2ef95916d2 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2012-03-02  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* mips-linux-nat.c (mips_linux_read_description): Add missing i18n
+	marker.
+	* mips-tdep.c (mips_linux_reg_names): Improve comment to avoid ARI
+	violation.
+
 2012-03-02  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* linux-thread-db.c (attach_thread): Avoid in_thread_list call.
diff --git a/gdb/mips-linux-nat.c b/gdb/mips-linux-nat.c
index af472df044..b63be2eb34 100644
--- a/gdb/mips-linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/mips-linux-nat.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ mips_linux_read_description (struct target_ops *ops)
 	  have_dsp = 0;
 	  break;
 	default:
-	  perror_with_name ("ptrace");
+	  perror_with_name (_("ptrace"));
 	  break;
 	}
     }
diff --git a/gdb/mips-tdep.c b/gdb/mips-tdep.c
index 6c78640622..013b07c880 100644
--- a/gdb/mips-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/mips-tdep.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static const char *mips_irix_reg_names[NUM_MIPS_PROCESSOR_REGS] = {
   "pc", "cause", "bad", "hi", "lo", "fsr", "fir"
 };
 
-/* Names of Linux registers.  */
+/* Names of registers with Linux kernels.  */
 static const char *mips_linux_reg_names[NUM_MIPS_PROCESSOR_REGS] = {
   "sr", "lo", "hi", "bad", "cause", "pc",
   "f0", "f1", "f2", "f3", "f4", "f5", "f6", "f7",