diff --git a/src/common/gamecode/creport.c b/src/common/gamecode/creport.c
index 25b03ec6f..ae7afd97e 100644
--- a/src/common/gamecode/creport.c
+++ b/src/common/gamecode/creport.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ print_curses(FILE * F, const faction * viewer, const void * obj, typ_t typ)
           header = 1;
           fputs("EFFECTS\n", F);
         }
-        nr_render(msg, viewer->locale, buf, sizeof(buf), NULL);
+        nr_render(msg, viewer->locale, buf, sizeof(buf), viewer);
         fprintf(F, "\"%s\"\n", buf);
         msg_release(msg);
       }
diff --git a/src/common/gamecode/report.c b/src/common/gamecode/report.c
index 485b0766f..176b35adc 100644
--- a/src/common/gamecode/report.c
+++ b/src/common/gamecode/report.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ print_curses(FILE *F, const faction *viewer, const void * obj, typ_t typ, int in
 
       if (msg) {
         rnl(F);
-        nr_render(msg, viewer->locale, buf, sizeof(buf), NULL);
+        nr_render(msg, viewer->locale, buf, sizeof(buf), viewer);
         rparagraph(F, buf, indent, 2, 0);
         msg_release(msg);
       }
diff --git a/src/common/kernel/reports.c b/src/common/kernel/reports.c
index 3b8de9a89..6e59ad6af 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/reports.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/reports.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ msg_curse(const struct curse * c, const void * obj, typ_t typ, int self)
     /* if curseinfo returns NULL, then we don't want to tell the viewer anything. */
     return c->type->curseinfo(obj, typ, c, self);
   } else if (c->type->info_str!=NULL) {
-    return msg_message(mkname("curseinfo", "info_str"), "info, id", c->type->info_str, c->no);
+    return msg_message("curseinfo::info_str", "text id", c->type->info_str, c->no);
   } else {
     const char * unknown[] = { "unit_unknown", "region_unknown", "building_unknown", "ship_unknown" };
     log_error(("no curseinfo for %s\n", c->type->cname));
diff --git a/src/res/messages.xml b/src/res/messages.xml
index aaef3edb8..5b9794039 100644
--- a/src/res/messages.xml
+++ b/src/res/messages.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
       <arg name="text" type="string"/>
       <arg name="id" type="int"/>
     </type>
-    <text locale="de">"${info}. ($int36($id))"</text>
+    <text locale="de">"${text}. ($int36($id))"</text>
   </message>
   <message name="curseinfo::ship_unknown" section="events">
     <type>