diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 4cdfa6b1b0..a77b219f9c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     mattycakes@gmail.com
     Max Burstein <http://maxburstein.com>
     Max Derkachev <mderk@yandex.ru>
+    Max Smolens <msmolens@gmail.com>
     Maxime Lorant <maxime.lorant@gmail.com>
     Maxime Turcotte <maxocub@riseup.net>
     Maximilian Merz <django@mxmerz.de>
diff --git a/tests/i18n/commands/code.sample b/tests/i18n/commands/code.sample
index a5f1520ecb..2c305a3a1d 100644
--- a/tests/i18n/commands/code.sample
+++ b/tests/i18n/commands/code.sample
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from django.utils.translation import gettext
 
-# This will generate an xgettext warning
-my_string = gettext("This string contain two placeholders: %s and %s" % ('a', 'b'))
+# This will generate an xgettext "Empty msgid" warning.
+my_string = gettext('')