diff --git a/fsck/fsck.c b/fsck/fsck.c
index 3d4a6c791..da5a2c85b 100644
--- a/fsck/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck/fsck.c
@@ -1110,10 +1110,10 @@ static void PRS(int argc, char *argv[])
 				 * Check to see if we failed because
 				 * /proc/partitions isn't found.
 				 */
-				if (access("/proc/partitions", R_OK) < 0) {
-					fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open /proc/partitions: %s\n",
-						strerror(errno));
-					fprintf(stderr, "Is /proc mounted?\n");
+				if (access(_PATH_PROC_PARTITIONS, R_OK) < 0) {
+					fprintf(stderr, _("Couldn't open %s: %s\n"),
+						_PATH_PROC_PARTITIONS, strerror(errno));
+					fprintf(stderr, _("Is /proc mounted?\n"));
 					exit(EXIT_ERROR);
 				}
 				/*
@@ -1122,10 +1122,10 @@ static void PRS(int argc, char *argv[])
 				 */
 				if (geteuid())
 					fprintf(stderr,
-		"Must be root to scan for matching filesystems: %s\n", arg);
+		_("Must be root to scan for matching filesystems: %s\n"), arg);
 				else
 					fprintf(stderr,
-		"Couldn't find matching filesystem: %s\n", arg);
+		_("Couldn't find matching filesystem: %s\n"), arg);
 				exit(EXIT_ERROR);
 			}
 			devices[num_devices++] = dev ? dev : string_copy(arg);
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	PRS(argc, argv);
 
 	if (!notitle)
-		printf("fsck from %s\n", PACKAGE_STRING);
+		printf(_("fsck from %s\n"), PACKAGE_STRING);
 
 	fstab = getenv("FSTAB_FILE");
 	if (!fstab)
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		fsck_path = malloc (strlen (fsck_prefix_path) + 1 +
 				    strlen (oldpath) + 1);
 		if (!fsck_path) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: Unable to allocate memory for fsck_path\n", progname);
+			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Unable to allocate memory for fsck_path\n"), progname);
 			exit(EXIT_ERROR);
 		}
 		strcpy (fsck_path, fsck_prefix_path);
@@ -1323,3 +1323,4 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	fsprobe_exit();
 	return status;
 }
+
diff --git a/lib/ismounted.c b/lib/ismounted.c
index 85f4ab30c..4c164a954 100644
--- a/lib/ismounted.c
+++ b/lib/ismounted.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#include "pathnames.h"
 #include "ismounted.h"
 
 /*
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ static int check_mntent_file(const char *mtab_file, const char *file,
 	int		retval = 0;
 	dev_t		file_dev=0, file_rdev=0;
 	ino_t		file_ino=0;
-	FILE 		*f;
+	FILE		*f;
 	char		buf[1024], *device = 0, *mnt_dir = 0, *cp;
 
 	*mount_flags = 0;
@@ -172,13 +173,13 @@ int is_mounted(const char *file)
 	int	mount_flags = 0;
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-	retval = check_mntent_file("/proc/mounts", file, &mount_flags);
+	retval = check_mntent_file(_PATH_PROC_MOUNTS, file, &mount_flags);
 	if (retval)
 		return 0;
 	if (mount_flags)
 		return 1;
 #endif /* __linux__ */
-	retval = check_mntent_file("/etc/mtab", file, &mount_flags);
+	retval = check_mntent_file(_PATH_MOUNTED, file, &mount_flags);
 	if (retval)
 		return 0;
 	return mount_flags;