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 da8e32026..3c9705290 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ expectedLessThanGot=expected less than ''{0}'', got ''{1}''
 expectedPktLineWithService=expected pkt-line with ''# service=-'', got ''{0}''
 expectedReceivedContentType=expected Content-Type {0}; received Content-Type {1}
 expectedReportForRefNotReceived={0}: expected report for ref {1} not received
-failedAtomicFileCreation=Atomic file creation failed, number of hard links to file {0} was not 2 but {1}"
+failedAtomicFileCreation=Atomic file creation failed, number of hard links to file {0} was not 2 but {1}
 failedToDetermineFilterDefinition=An exception occurred while determining filter definitions
 failedUpdatingRefs=failed updating refs
 failureDueToOneOfTheFollowing=Failure due to one of the following:
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@ unexpectedEndOfConfigFile=Unexpected end of config file
 unexpectedEndOfInput=Unexpected end of input
 unexpectedEofInPack=Unexpected EOF in partially created pack
 unexpectedHunkTrailer=Unexpected hunk trailer
-unexpectedNlinkValue=nlink of link to lock file {0} was not 2 but {1}
 unexpectedOddResult=odd: {0} + {1} - {2}
 unexpectedPacketLine=unexpected {0}
 unexpectedRefReport={0}: unexpected ref report: {1}
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 dc7991469..99550e74e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -795,7 +795,6 @@ public static JGitText get() {
 	/***/ public String unexpectedEndOfInput;
 	/***/ public String unexpectedEofInPack;
 	/***/ public String unexpectedHunkTrailer;
-	/***/ public String unexpectedNlinkValue;
 	/***/ public String unexpectedOddResult;
 	/***/ public String unexpectedPacketLine;
 	/***/ public String unexpectedRefReport;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
index d8298cc6d..716711e06 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public boolean createNewFile(File lock) throws IOException {
 					"unix:nlink")); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			if (nlink > 2) {
 				LOG.warn(MessageFormat.format(
-						JGitText.get().unexpectedNlinkValue, lock.getPath(),
+						JGitText.get().failedAtomicFileCreation, lockPath,
 						nlink));
 				return false;
 			} else if (nlink < 2) {