diff --git a/src/commands/CmdVersion.cpp b/src/commands/CmdVersion.cpp
index fc1131fb6..77dbce983 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdVersion.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdVersion.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ int CmdVersion::execute (std::string& output)
       << "-lua"
 #endif
 
+#if PACKAGE_LANGUAGE != LANGUAGE_EN_US
+      << " "
+      << STRING_LOCALIZATION_DESC
+#endif
+
       << "\n"
       << STRING_CMD_VERSION_COPY
       << "\n"
@@ -110,6 +115,12 @@ int CmdVersion::execute (std::string& output)
       << link.render ()
       << "\n";
 
+#if PACKAGE_LANGUAGE != LANGUAGE_EN_US
+  out << STRING_LOCALIZATION_AUTHOR
+      << "\n"
+      << "\n";
+#endif
+
   output = out.str ();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/en-US.h b/src/en-US.h
index be747de66..b2dc340db 100644
--- a/src/en-US.h
+++ b/src/en-US.h
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@
 #define INCLUDED_STRINGS
 #define L10N                                           // Localization complete.
 
+// Note that for English, the following two lines are not displayed.  For all
+// other localizations, these lines will appear in the output of the 'version'
+// and 'diagnostics' commands.
+//
+// DO NOT include a copyright in the translation.
+//
+#define STRING_LOCALIZATION_DESC     "English localization"
+#define STRING_LOCALIZATION_AUTHOR   "Translated into English by A. Person."
+
 // A3
 #define STRING_A3_ALTERNATE_RC       "Using alternate .taskrc file {1}"
 #define STRING_A3_ALTERNATE_DATA     "Using alternate date.location {1}"
diff --git a/src/i18n.h b/src/i18n.h
index efda9ad3e..eb57c0a47 100644
--- a/src/i18n.h
+++ b/src/i18n.h
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@
 
 #include <cmake.h>
 
+// Translators:
+//   Duplicate these three lines, changing "EN_US" and "en-US" to the new
+//   localization.
 #if PACKAGE_LANGUAGE == LANGUAGE_EN_US
 #include <en-US.h>
 #endif
 
-// Other languages here.
+// Add other languages here.
 
 #define CCOLOR_BOLD             500
 #define CCOLOR_UNDERLINE        501