diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2feba633d..4d93bc1f8 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ The following submitted code, packages or analysis, and deserve special thanks:
   Fidel Mato
   Justin Forest
   Vincent Petithory
+  Rainer Müller
 
 Thanks to the following, who submitted detailed bug reports and excellent
 suggestions:
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ad669cda..29345c3b7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Bugs
  + Fixed a bug where the bash completion script was causing gc() to be run.
  + Fixed manpages that were not installed when running an out-of-source build
    (thanks to Vincent Petithory).
+ + Added missing localized confirmation strings (thanks to Rainer Müller).
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 89add7022..2481371fb 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ static inline unsigned round_up_to (unsigned n, unsigned target)
 bool confirm (const std::string& question)
 {
   std::vector <std::string> options;
-  options.push_back ("yes");
-  options.push_back ("no");
+  options.push_back (STRING_UTIL_CONFIRM_YES);
+  options.push_back (STRING_UTIL_CONFIRM_NO);
 
   std::string answer;
   std::vector <std::string> matches;