diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/settings/model/CProjectDescriptionManager.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/settings/model/CProjectDescriptionManager.java
index b3d53e55a76..286224c3dac 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/settings/model/CProjectDescriptionManager.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/settings/model/CProjectDescriptionManager.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * Contributors:
  * Intel Corporation - Initial API and implementation
  * Markus Schorn (Wind River Systems)
+ * IBM Corporation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.settings.model;
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ public class CProjectDescriptionManager implements ICProjectDescriptionManager {
 	private static final String PREFERENCES_ELEMENT = "preferences";	//$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String ID = "id";	//$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String PREFERENCE_CFG_ID_PREFIX = "preference.";	//$NON-NLS-1$
-	private static final String PREFERENCE_CFG_NAME = "Preference Configuration";	//$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String PREFERENCE_CFG_NAME = SettingsModelMessages.getString("CProjectDescriptionManager.15"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String ROOT_PREFERENCE_ELEMENT = "preferences";	//$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String DEFAULT_CFG_ID_PREFIX = CCorePlugin.PLUGIN_ID + ".default.config"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String DEFAULT_CFG_NAME = "Configuration"; //$NON-NLS-1$
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/settings/model/SettingsModelMessages.properties b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/settings/model/SettingsModelMessages.properties
index a02fd8eb4a2..c342b84ee53 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/settings/model/SettingsModelMessages.properties
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/settings/model/SettingsModelMessages.properties
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #
 # Contributors:
 # Intel Corporation - Initial API and implementation
+# IBM Corporation
 ###############################################################################
 CConfigurationDataProviderDescriptor.1=illegal provider implementation
 CConfigurationDataProviderDescriptor.2=no provider defined
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ CProjectDescriptionManager.11=storage file not found
 CProjectDescriptionManager.12=Serialing CDT Project settings.. 
 CProjectDescriptionManager.13=Refreshing the project settings
 CProjectDescriptionManager.14=workspace info element does not exist
+CProjectDescriptionManager.15=Preference Configuration
 CFolderDescription.0=data was not created
 CFolderDescription.1=expected proxy of type ICLanguageSetting, but was 
 CFolderDescription.2=data was not created