diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PluginResources.properties b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PluginResources.properties
index b372db5619f..725a8cb7c2e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PluginResources.properties
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PluginResources.properties
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ StdProjectTypeHandler.3=creation Make project: IBuilder is null
 CDTConfigWizardPage.0=Select configurations
 CDTCommonProjectWizard.0=Old project will be overridden
 CDTCommonProjectWizard.1=Existing project settings will be overridden.\nImport feature can be used instead to preserve old settings.\nOK to override ?
+CDTCommonProjectWizard.creatingProject=Creating project
 NewModelProjectWizard.0=CDT Project
 NewModelProjectWizard.1=Create CDT project of selected type
 NewModelProjectWizard.2=C++ Project
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/wizards/CDTCommonProjectWizard.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/wizards/CDTCommonProjectWizard.java
index 828612851e1..bbc41b94c2b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/wizards/CDTCommonProjectWizard.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/wizards/CDTCommonProjectWizard.java
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ implements IExecutableExtension, IWizardWithMemory
 	 */	
 	public IProject createIProject(final String name, final URI location, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException{
 		
-		monitor.beginTask("createIProject", 100);
+		monitor.beginTask(UIMessages.getString("CDTCommonProjectWizard.creatingProject"), 100); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		
 		if (newProject != null)	return newProject;