diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index cb445a7e94..b84ae4960f 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -79,7 +79,20 @@ int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 
 int error_resolve_conflict(const char *me)
 {
-	error("%s is not possible because you have unmerged files.", me);
+	if (!strcmp(me, "cherry-pick"))
+		error(_("Cherry-picking is not possible because you have unmerged files."));
+	else if (!strcmp(me, "commit"))
+		error(_("Committing is not possible because you have unmerged files."));
+	else if (!strcmp(me, "merge"))
+		error(_("Merging is not possible because you have unmerged files."));
+	else if (!strcmp(me, "pull"))
+		error(_("Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files."));
+	else if (!strcmp(me, "revert"))
+		error(_("Reverting is not possible because you have unmerged files."));
+	else
+		error(_("It is not possible to %s because you have unmerged files."),
+			me);
+
 	if (advice_resolve_conflict)
 		/*
 		 * Message used both when 'git commit' fails and when
@@ -93,7 +106,7 @@ int error_resolve_conflict(const char *me)
 void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me)
 {
 	error_resolve_conflict(me);
-	die("Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.");
+	die(_("Exiting because of an unresolved conflict."));
 }
 
 void NORETURN die_conclude_merge(void)
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 1d7333c8a1..a980dcfe9b 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	git_config(git_pull_config, NULL);
 
 	if (read_cache_unmerged())
-		die_resolve_conflict("Pull");
+		die_resolve_conflict("pull");
 
 	if (file_exists(git_path("MERGE_HEAD")))
 		die_conclude_merge();
diff --git a/t/t5520-pull.sh b/t/t5520-pull.sh
index 739c089d50..45e44cac6b 100755
--- a/t/t5520-pull.sh
+++ b/t/t5520-pull.sh
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fail if the index has unresolved entries' '
 	test -n "$(git ls-files -u)" &&
 	cp file expected &&
 	test_must_fail git pull . second 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "Pull is not possible because you have unmerged files" err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "Pulling is not possible because you have unmerged files." err &&
 	test_cmp expected file &&
 	git add file &&
 	test -z "$(git ls-files -u)" &&