diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index ececc8b25c..1603cb66ea 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ function check_admin_referer() {
   $adminurl = strtolower(get_settings('siteurl')).'/wp-admin';
   $referer = strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
   if ( !strstr($referer, $adminurl) ) {
-    die('Sorry, you need to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Enable_Sending_Referrers">enable sending referrers</a> for this feature to work.');
+    die(__('Sorry, you need to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Enable_Sending_Referrers">enable sending referrers</a> for this feature to work.'));
   }
 }