diff --git a/src/modules/module-null-sink.c b/src/modules/module-null-sink.c
index 36c50b053..74a2ebb1f 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-null-sink.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-null-sink.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <pulse/rtclock.h>
 #include <pulse/timeval.h>
 #include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
+#include <pulse/i18n.h>
 
 #include <pulsecore/macro.h>
 #include <pulsecore/sink.h>
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
 #include "module-null-sink-symdef.h"
 
 PA_MODULE_AUTHOR("Lennart Poettering");
-PA_MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Clocked NULL sink");
+PA_MODULE_DESCRIPTION(_("Clocked NULL sink"));
 PA_MODULE_VERSION(PACKAGE_VERSION);
 PA_MODULE_LOAD_ONCE(FALSE);
 PA_MODULE_USAGE(
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ int pa__init(pa_module*m) {
     pa_sink_new_data_set_name(&data, pa_modargs_get_value(ma, "sink_name", DEFAULT_SINK_NAME));
     pa_sink_new_data_set_sample_spec(&data, &ss);
     pa_sink_new_data_set_channel_map(&data, &map);
-    pa_proplist_sets(data.proplist, PA_PROP_DEVICE_DESCRIPTION, pa_modargs_get_value(ma, "description", "Null Output"));
+    pa_proplist_sets(data.proplist, PA_PROP_DEVICE_DESCRIPTION, pa_modargs_get_value(ma, "description", _("Null Output")));
     pa_proplist_sets(data.proplist, PA_PROP_DEVICE_CLASS, "abstract");
 
     if (pa_modargs_get_proplist(ma, "sink_properties", data.proplist, PA_UPDATE_REPLACE) < 0) {