@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, struct repository *repo,
 	}
 
 	if (repo_read_index(repo) < 0)
-		die("index file corrupt");
+		die(_("index file corrupt"));
 
 	for (nr = 0; nr < repo->index->cache_nr; nr++) {
 		const struct cache_entry *ce = repo->index->cache[nr];

@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (!opt.pattern_list)
-		die(_("no pattern given."));
+		die(_("no pattern given"));
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to find "--" in a separate pass, because its presence

@@ -1085,19 +1085,19 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (recurse_submodules && (!use_index || untracked))
-		die(_("option not supported with --recurse-submodules."));
+		die(_("option not supported with --recurse-submodules"));
 
 	if (!show_in_pager && !opt.status_only)
 		setup_pager();
 
 	if (!use_index && (untracked || cached))
-		die(_("--cached or --untracked cannot be used with --no-index."));
+		die(_("--cached or --untracked cannot be used with --no-index"));
 
 	if (!use_index || untracked) {
 		int use_exclude = (opt_exclude < 0) ? use_index : !!opt_exclude;
 		hit = grep_directory(&opt, &pathspec, use_exclude, use_index);
 	} else if (0 <= opt_exclude) {
-		die(_("--[no-]exclude-standard cannot be used for tracked contents."));
+		die(_("--[no-]exclude-standard cannot be used for tracked contents"));
 	} else if (!list.nr) {
 		if (!cached)
 			setup_work_tree();

@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		hit = grep_cache(&opt, the_repository, &pathspec, cached);
 	} else {
 		if (cached)
-			die(_("both --cached and trees are given."));
+			die(_("both --cached and trees are given"));
 
 		hit = grep_objects(&opt, &pathspec, &list);
 	}