diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index f36a54cdd..1a8247795 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
                        :size => 60, :required => true,
                        :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?)
                          ) +
-                      '<br />Bare and local repository (e.g. /gitrepo, c:\gitrepo)') +
+                      '<br />' + l("text_git_repository_note")) +
     content_tag('p', form.select(
                         :path_encoding, [nil] + Setting::ENCODINGS,
                         :label => l("field_scm_path_encoding")
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 7ea23ec2f..69fe30ae6 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ en:
   text_zoom_out: Zoom out
   text_warn_on_leaving_unsaved: "The current page contains unsaved text that will be lost if you leave this page."
   text_scm_path_encoding_note: "Default: UTF-8"
+  text_git_repository_note: "Bare and local repository (e.g. /gitrepo, c:\gitrepo)"
 
   default_role_manager: Manager
   default_role_developer: Developer