diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php
index a47fd79826..a28ac46098 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php
@@ -804,7 +804,13 @@ function _wp_handle_upload( &$file, $overrides, $time, $action ) {
 		if ( is_multisite() ) {
 			$error_msg = __( 'File is empty. Please upload something more substantial.' );
 		} else {
-			$error_msg = __( 'File is empty. Please upload something more substantial. This error could also be caused by uploads being disabled in your php.ini or by post_max_size being defined as smaller than upload_max_filesize in php.ini.' );
+			$error_msg = sprintf(
+				/* translators: 1: php.ini, 2: post_max_size, 3: upload_max_filesize */
+				__( 'File is empty. Please upload something more substantial. This error could also be caused by uploads being disabled in your %1$s file or by %2$s being defined as smaller than %3$s in %1$s.' ),
+				'php.ini',
+				'post_max_size',
+				'upload_max_filesize'
+			);
 		}
 		return call_user_func_array( $upload_error_handler, array( &$file, $error_msg ) );
 	}
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/import.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/import.php
index 7b6ff88641..27aa8aa4f2 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/import.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/import.php
@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ function wp_import_cleanup( $id ) {
 function wp_import_handle_upload() {
 	if ( ! isset( $_FILES['import'] ) ) {
 		return array(
-			'error' => __( 'File is empty. Please upload something more substantial. This error could also be caused by uploads being disabled in your php.ini or by post_max_size being defined as smaller than upload_max_filesize in php.ini.' ),
+			'error' => sprintf(
+				/* translators: 1: php.ini, 2: post_max_size, 3: upload_max_filesize */
+				__( 'File is empty. Please upload something more substantial. This error could also be caused by uploads being disabled in your %1$s file or by %2$s being defined as smaller than %3$s in %1$s.' ),
+				'php.ini',
+				'post_max_size',
+				'upload_max_filesize'
+			),
 		);
 	}