diff --git a/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c b/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c
index c2fea16b09..64ece82bf8 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * copyright (c) Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>, 2001;
  * licence: BSD
  *
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c,v 1.4 2002/09/02 02:47:07 momjian Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c,v 1.5 2002/09/02 22:18:26 petere Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ dbState(DBState state)
 	switch (state)
 	{
 		case DB_STARTUP:
-			return "STARTUP";
+			return _("starting up");
 		case DB_SHUTDOWNED:
-			return "SHUTDOWNED";
+			return _("shut down");
 		case DB_SHUTDOWNING:
-			return "SHUTDOWNING";
+			return _("shutting down");
 		case DB_IN_RECOVERY:
-			return "IN_RECOVERY";
+			return _("in recovery");
 		case DB_IN_PRODUCTION:
-			return "IN_PRODUCTION";
+			return _("in production");
 	}
 	return _("unrecognized status code");
 }