diff --git a/includes/SpecialImport.php b/includes/SpecialImport.php
index 9e15d900a89..7976d6c8924 100644
--- a/includes/SpecialImport.php
+++ b/includes/SpecialImport.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function wfSpecialImport( $page = '' ) {
 			<tr>
 				<td></td>
 				<td>
-					Transfer pages into namespace: " .
+					" . wfMsgHtml( 'import-interwiki-namespace' ) . " " .
 						HTMLnamespaceselector( $namespace, '' ) . "
 				</td>
 			</tr>
diff --git a/languages/Messages.php b/languages/Messages.php
index ee6251bc65d..de02330f1b2 100644
--- a/languages/Messages.php
+++ b/languages/Messages.php
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ Revision dates and editors\' names will be preserved.
 All transwiki import actions are logged at the [[Special:Log/import|import log]].',
 'import-interwiki-history' => 'Copy all history versions for this page',
 'import-interwiki-submit' => 'Import',
+'import-interwiki-namespace' => 'Transfer pages into namespace:',
 'importtext'	=> 'Please export the file from the source wiki using the Special:Export utility, save it to your disk and upload it here.',
 'importstart'	=> "Importing pages...",
 'import-revision-count' => '$1 revision(s)',