diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/br/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/br/forms.py
index d3ca28f0538..8e3285729de 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/br/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/br/forms.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class BRZipCodeField(RegexField):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(BRZipCodeField, self).__init__(r'^\d{5}-\d{3}$',
             max_length=None, min_length=None,
-            error_message=u'Informe um código postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.',
+            error_message=gettext(u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.'),
             *args, **kwargs)
 
 class BRPhoneNumberField(Field):
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class BRPhoneNumberField(Field):
         m = phone_digits_re.search(value)
         if m:
             return u'%s-%s-%s' % (m.group(1), m.group(2), m.group(3))
-        raise ValidationError(u'Números de telefone devem estar no formato XX-XXXX-XXXX.')
+        raise ValidationError(gettext(u'Phone numbers must be in XX-XXXX-XXXX format.'))
 
 class BRStateSelect(Select):
     """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor.py
index f166a24ef0d..8e3d9dff09a 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor.py
@@ -734,23 +734,23 @@ u'12345-123'
 >>> f.clean('12345_123')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('1234-123')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('abcde-abc')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('12345-')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('-123')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
@@ -768,23 +768,23 @@ u''
 >>> f.clean('-123')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('12345-')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('abcde-abc')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('1234-123')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('12345_123')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Informe um c\xf3digo postal no formato XXXXX-XXX.']
+ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX-XXX.']
 >>> f.clean('12345-123')
 u'12345-123'