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 873cf526b..34457c936 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ truncatedHunkOldLinesMissing=Truncated hunk, at least {0} old lines is missing
 tSizeMustBeGreaterOrEqual1=tSize must be >= 1
 unableToCheckConnectivity=Unable to check connectivity.
 unableToCreateNewObject=Unable to create new object: {0}
+unableToRemovePath=Unable to remove path ''{0}''
 unableToStore=Unable to store {0}.
 unableToWrite=Unable to write {0}
 unauthorized=Unauthorized
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 9ea0aa570..41f3c2a48 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ public static JGitText get() {
 	/***/ public String tSizeMustBeGreaterOrEqual1;
 	/***/ public String unableToCheckConnectivity;
 	/***/ public String unableToCreateNewObject;
+	/***/ public String unableToRemovePath;
 	/***/ public String unableToStore;
 	/***/ public String unableToWrite;
 	/***/ public String unauthorized;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
index d16ca7095..91f5d7dc8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
@@ -1099,7 +1099,8 @@ private static void delete(final File file, final int depth, LockFile rLck)
 				// same prefix
 				break;
 			} catch (IOException e) {
-				LOG.warn("Unable to remove path {}", dir, e);
+				LOG.warn(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().unableToRemovePath,
+						dir), e);
 				break;
 			}
 			dir = dir.getParentFile();