diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
index a3933abaa69..2c78c087bbc 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ CreateRestrictedProcess(char *cmd, PROCESS_INFORMATION *processInfo, bool as_ser
 		 * NT4 doesn't have CreateRestrictedToken, so just call ordinary
 		 * CreateProcess
 		 */
-		write_stderr("WARNING: cannot create restricted tokens on this platform\n");
+		write_stderr(_("%s: WARNING: cannot create restricted tokens on this platform\n"), progname);
 		if (Advapi32Handle != NULL)
 			FreeLibrary(Advapi32Handle);
 		return CreateProcess(NULL, cmd, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, processInfo);
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ CreateRestrictedProcess(char *cmd, PROCESS_INFORMATION *processInfo, bool as_ser
 	/* Open the current token to use as a base for the restricted one */
 	if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ALL_ACCESS, &origToken))
 	{
-		write_stderr("Failed to open process token: %lu\n", GetLastError());
+		write_stderr(_("%s: could not open process token: %lu\n"), progname, GetLastError());
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ CreateRestrictedProcess(char *cmd, PROCESS_INFORMATION *processInfo, bool as_ser
 	SECURITY_BUILTIN_DOMAIN_RID, DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_POWER_USERS, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 								  0, &dropSids[1].Sid))
 	{
-		write_stderr("Failed to allocate SIDs: %lu\n", GetLastError());
+		write_stderr(_("%s: could not allocate SIDs: %lu\n"), progname, GetLastError());
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ CreateRestrictedProcess(char *cmd, PROCESS_INFORMATION *processInfo, bool as_ser
 
 	if (!b)
 	{
-		write_stderr("Failed to create restricted token: %lu\n", GetLastError());
+		write_stderr(_("%s: could not create restricted token: %lu\n"), progname, GetLastError());
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ CreateRestrictedProcess(char *cmd, PROCESS_INFORMATION *processInfo, bool as_ser
 			 * Log error if we can't get version, or if we're on WinXP/2003 or
 			 * newer
 			 */
-			write_stderr("WARNING: could not locate all job object functions in system API\n");
+			write_stderr(_("%s: WARNING: could not locate all job object functions in system API\n"), progname);
 	}
 	else
 	{