diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PackParser.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PackParser.java
index de52a4bb3..04abe2232 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PackParser.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PackParser.java
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ private void resolveDeltasWithExternalBases(final ProgressMonitor progress)
 
 		for (final DeltaChain base : missing) {
 			if (base.head != null)
-				throw new MissingObjectException(base, "delta base");
+				throw new MissingObjectException(base, "delta base"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		}
 
 		onEndThinPack();