diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index 826c137684..c791ccfd24 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ function wp_maintenance() {
 	<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 	<head>
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-		<title>Maintenance</title>
+		<title><?php echo /*WP_I18N_MAINTENANCE*/'Maintenance'/*/WP_I18N_MAINTENANCE*/; ?></title>
 
 	</head>
 	<body>
-		<h1>Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.</h1>
+		<h1><?php echo /*WP_I18N_MAINT_MSG*/'Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.'/*/WP_I18N_MAINT_MSG*/; ?></h1>
 	</body>
 	</html>
 <?php
