#: /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd:105 msgid "Usage: lpd {start|stop|restart|condrestart|reload|status}" If "lpd" is replaced with $0 here, this message can be reused in translations (other usage messages use $0), so that translators won't have to translate each similar message individually. To make it more clear, what I suggest is: "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|reload|status}"