diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 9bcbb0c..d3276a1 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1647,9 +1647,9 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	unlink(git_path_squash_msg());
 
 	if (commit_index_files())
-		die (_("Repository has been updated, but unable to write\n"
-		     "new_index file. Check that disk is not full and quota is\n"
-		     "not exceeded, and then \"git reset HEAD\" to recover."));
+		die(_("repository has been updated, but unable to write\n"
+		      "new_index file. Check that disk is not full and quota is\n"
+		      "not exceeded, and then \"git reset HEAD\" to recover."));
 
 	rerere(0);
 	run_command_v_opt(argv_gc_auto, RUN_GIT_CMD);