diff --git a/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc b/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
index b53f1751d..498ae9531 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ function update_alias_url_data()
 				if (file_exists("{$temp_filename}/aliases")) {
 					$fd = @fopen("{$temp_filename}/aliases", 'r');
 					if (!$fd) {
-						log_error(gettext("Could not process aliases from alias: {$alias_url}"));
+						log_error(sprintf(_('Could not process aliases from alias: %s'), $alias_url));
 						continue;
 					}
 					/* NOTE: fgetss() is not a typo RTFM before being smart */
@@ -1587,13 +1587,13 @@ function process_alias_unzip($temp_filename) {
 	/* foreach through all extracted files and build up aliases file */
 	$fd = @fopen("{$temp_filename}/aliases", "w");
 	if (!$fd) {
-		log_error(gettext("Could not open {$temp_filename}/aliases for writing!"));
+		log_error(sprintf(_('Could not open %s/aliases for writing!'), $temp_filename));
 		return false;
 	}
 	foreach($files_to_process as $f2p) {
 		$tmpfd = @fopen($f2p, 'r');
 		if (!$tmpfd) {
-			log_error(gettext("The following file could not be read {$f2p} from {$temp_filename}"));
+			log_error(sprintf(_('The following file could not be read %s from %s'), $f2p, $temp_filename));
 			continue;
 		}
 		while (($tmpbuf = fread($tmpfd, 65536)) !== FALSE)
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@ function process_alias_tgz($temp_filename) {
 	/* foreach through all extracted files and build up aliases file */
 	$fd = @fopen("{$temp_filename}/aliases", "w");
 	if (!$fd) {
-		log_error(gettext("Could not open {$temp_filename}/aliases for writing!"));
+		log_error(sprintf(_('Could not open %s/aliases for writing!'), $temp_filename));
 		return false;
 	}
 	foreach($files_to_process as $f2p) {