diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php
index aa576c7140..58303eff78 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ function wp_stream_image( $image, $mime_type, $attachment_id ) {
 
 		return true;
 	} else {
-		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.5.0', __( '$image needs to be an WP_Image_Editor object' ) );
+		/* translators: 1: $image, 2: WP_Image_Editor */
+		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.5.0', sprintf( __( '%1$s needs to be a %2$s object.' ), '$image', 'WP_Image_Editor' ) );
 
 		/**
 		 * Filters the GD image resource to be streamed to the browser.
@@ -340,7 +341,8 @@ function wp_save_image_file( $filename, $image, $mime_type, $post_id ) {
 
 		return $image->save( $filename, $mime_type );
 	} else {
-		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.5.0', __( '$image needs to be an WP_Image_Editor object' ) );
+		/* translators: 1: $image, 2: WP_Image_Editor */
+		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.5.0', sprintf( __( '%1$s needs to be a %2$s object.' ), '$image', 'WP_Image_Editor' ) );
 
 		/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php */
 		$image = apply_filters( 'image_save_pre', $image, $post_id );
@@ -486,7 +488,8 @@ function _crop_image_resource( $img, $x, $y, $w, $h ) {
  */
 function image_edit_apply_changes( $image, $changes ) {
 	if ( is_resource( $image ) ) {
-		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.5.0', __( '$image needs to be an WP_Image_Editor object' ) );
+		/* translators: 1: $image, 2: WP_Image_Editor */
+		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.5.0', sprintf( __( '%1$s needs to be a %2$s object.' ), '$image', 'WP_Image_Editor' ) );
 	}
 
 	if ( ! is_array( $changes ) ) {