diff --git a/res/de/strings.xml b/res/de/strings.xml
index c0f770f37..72292a714 100644
--- a/res/de/strings.xml
+++ b/res/de/strings.xml
@@ -7007,6 +7007,26 @@
     <text locale="en">none</text>
   </string>
 
+  <string name="faction_help_one">
+    <text locale="de">Wir helfen der Partei</text>
+    <text locale="en">We are helping the faction</text>
+  </string>
+
+  <string name="faction_help_many">
+    <text locale="de">Wir helfen den Parteien</text>
+    <text locale="en">We are helping the factions</text>
+  </string>
+
+  <string name="group_help_one">
+    <text locale="de">hilft der Partei</text>
+    <text locale="en">is helping the faction</text>
+  </string>
+
+  <string name="group_help_many">
+    <text locale="de">hilft den Parteien</text>
+    <text locale="en">is helping the factions</text>
+  </string>
+
   <string name="list_and">
     <text locale="de"> und </text>
     <text locale="en"> and </text>
diff --git a/src/gamecode/report.c b/src/gamecode/report.c
index ee4f24608..c5a7346eb 100644
--- a/src/gamecode/report.c
+++ b/src/gamecode/report.c
@@ -1727,9 +1727,9 @@ static void allies(FILE * F, const faction * f)
     int bytes;
     size_t size = sizeof(buf);
     if (!f->allies->next) {
-      bytes = (int)strlcpy(buf, "Wir helfen der Partei ", size);
+      bytes = snprintf(buf, size, "%s ", LOC(f->locale, "faction_help_one"));
     } else {
-      bytes = (int)strlcpy(buf, "Wir helfen den Parteien ", size);
+      bytes = snprintf(buf, size, "%s ", LOC(f->locale, "faction_help_many"));
     }
     size -= bytes;
     show_allies(f, f->allies, buf + bytes, size);
@@ -1742,9 +1742,9 @@ static void allies(FILE * F, const faction * f)
       int bytes;
       size_t size = sizeof(buf);
       if (!g->allies->next) {
-        bytes = snprintf(buf, size, "%s hilft der Partei ", g->name);
+        bytes = snprintf(buf, size, "%s %s ", g->name, LOC(f->locale, "group_help_one"));
       } else {
-        bytes = snprintf(buf, size, "%s hilft den Parteien ", g->name);
+        bytes = snprintf(buf, size, "%s %s ", g->name, LOC(f->locale, "group_help_many"));
       }
       size -= bytes;
       show_allies(f, g->allies, buf + bytes, size);