diff --git a/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php b/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php
index 7223d407f1..b8e94b6667 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* This file is here for Backwards compatibility with old themes and will be removed in a future version
*
*/
-_deprecated_file( 'Theme without ' . basename(__FILE__), '3.0', null, 'Please include a comments-popup.php template in your theme.');
+_deprecated_file( sprintf( __( 'Theme without %1$s' ), basename(__FILE__) ), '3.0', null, sprintf( __('Please include a %1$s template in your theme.'), basename(__FILE__) ) );
?>
diff --git a/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments.php b/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments.php
index e10ce6032e..eedb8a7b8d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* This file is here for Backwards compatibility with old themes and will be removed in a future version
*
*/
-_deprecated_file( 'Theme without ' . basename(__FILE__), '3.0', null, 'Please include a comments.php template in your theme.');
+_deprecated_file( sprintf( __( 'Theme without %1$s' ), basename(__FILE__) ), '3.0', null, sprintf( __('Please include a %1$s template in your theme.'), basename(__FILE__) ) );
// Do not delete these lines
if (!empty($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) && 'comments.php' == basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']))
diff --git a/wp-includes/theme-compat/footer.php b/wp-includes/theme-compat/footer.php
index 975e9bfe8c..d1994e088c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme-compat/footer.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme-compat/footer.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* This file is here for Backwards compatibility with old themes and will be removed in a future version
*
*/
-_deprecated_file( 'Theme without ' . basename(__FILE__), '3.0', null, 'Please include a footer.php template in your theme.');
+_deprecated_file( sprintf( __( 'Theme without %1$s' ), basename(__FILE__) ), '3.0', null, sprintf( __('Please include a %1$s template in your theme.'), basename(__FILE__) ) );
?>
diff --git a/wp-includes/theme-compat/header.php b/wp-includes/theme-compat/header.php
index 77da5c5ca6..6089b18110 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme-compat/header.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme-compat/header.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* This file is here for Backwards compatibility with old themes and will be removed in a future version
*
*/
-_deprecated_file( 'Theme without ' . basename(__FILE__), '3.0', null, 'Please include a header.php template in your theme.');
+_deprecated_file( sprintf( __( 'Theme without %1$s' ), basename(__FILE__) ), '3.0', null, sprintf( __('Please include a %1$s template in your theme.'), basename(__FILE__) ) );
?>
>
diff --git a/wp-includes/theme-compat/sidebar.php b/wp-includes/theme-compat/sidebar.php
index e81f2f3f27..d72bd83503 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme-compat/sidebar.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme-compat/sidebar.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* This file is here for Backwards compatibility with old themes and will be removed in a future version
*
*/
-_deprecated_file( 'Theme without ' . basename(__FILE__), '3.0', null, 'Please include a sidebar.php template in your theme.');
+_deprecated_file( sprintf( __( 'Theme without %1$s' ), basename(__FILE__) ), '3.0', null, sprintf( __('Please include a %1$s template in your theme.'), basename(__FILE__) ) );
?>