diff --git a/src/lint/engine/ArcanistSingleLintEngine.php b/src/lint/engine/ArcanistSingleLintEngine.php
index 34249b8c..1b2b0114 100644
--- a/src/lint/engine/ArcanistSingleLintEngine.php
+++ b/src/lint/engine/ArcanistSingleLintEngine.php
@@ -1,62 +1,71 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
  * Run a single linter on every path unconditionally. This is a glue engine for
  * linters like @{class:ArcanistScriptAndRegexLinter}, if you are averse to
  * writing a phutil library. Your linter will receive every path, including
  * paths which have been moved or deleted.
  *
  * Set which linter should be run by configuring `lint.engine.single.linter` in
  * `.arcconfig` or user config.
  */
 final class ArcanistSingleLintEngine extends ArcanistLintEngine {
 
   public function buildLinters() {
     $key = 'lint.engine.single.linter';
     $linter_name = $this->getConfigurationManager()
       ->getConfigFromAnySource($key);
 
     if (!$linter_name) {
       throw new ArcanistUsageException(
-        "You must configure '{$key}' with the name of a linter in order to ".
-        "use ArcanistSingleLintEngine.");
+        pht(
+          "You must configure '%s' with the name of a linter ".
+          "in order to use %s.",
+          $key,
+          __CLASS__));
     }
 
     if (!class_exists($linter_name)) {
       throw new ArcanistUsageException(
-        "Linter '{$linter_name}' configured in '{$key}' does not exist!");
+        pht(
+          "Linter '%s' configured in '%s' does not exist!",
+          $linter_name,
+          $key));
     }
 
     if (!is_subclass_of($linter_name, 'ArcanistLinter')) {
       throw new ArcanistUsageException(
-        "Linter '{$linter_name}' configured in '{$key}' MUST be a subclass of ".
-        "ArcanistLinter.");
+        pht(
+          "Linter `%s` configured in '%s' MUST be a subclass of `%s`.",
+          $linter_name,
+          $key,
+          'ArcanistLinter'));
     }
 
     // Filter the affected paths.
     $paths = $this->getPaths();
     foreach ($paths as $key => $path) {
       if (!$this->pathExists($path)) {
         // Don't lint removed files. In more complex linters it is sometimes
         // appropriate to lint removed files so you can raise a warning like
         // "you deleted X, but forgot to delete Y!", but most linters do not
         // operate correctly on removed files.
         unset($paths[$key]);
         continue;
       }
       $disk = $this->getFilePathOnDisk($path);
       if (is_dir($disk)) {
         // Don't lint directories. (In SVN, they can be directly modified by
         // changing properties on them, and may appear as modified paths.)
         unset($paths[$key]);
         continue;
       }
     }
 
     $linter = newv($linter_name, array());
     $linter->setPaths($paths);
 
     return array($linter);
   }
 
 }