diff --git a/Translations/locale.xml b/Translations/locale.xml
index 33a29694b..4bcb9860e 100644
--- a/Translations/locale.xml
+++ b/Translations/locale.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@
   <strings>Translations/strings-default.xml</strings>
  </locale>
 
+ <locale>
+  <lang type="string">de</lang>
+  <lang type="string">de_AT</lang>
+  <lang type="string">de_CH</lang>
+  <lang type="string">de_AT.ISO8859-15</lang>
+  <lang type="string">de_DE.ISO8859-15</lang>
+  <lang type="string">de_CH.ISO8859-15</lang>
+
+  <strings>Translations/strings-de.xml</strings>
+ </locale>
+
  <locale>
   <lang type="string">POSIX</lang>
   <lang type="string">C</lang>
diff --git a/Translations/strings-nl.xml b/Translations/strings-nl.xml
index 13a3b98db..a17037b9d 100644
--- a/Translations/strings-nl.xml
+++ b/Translations/strings-nl.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
 
 <!-- FlightGear menu en options vertalingen voor Nederlands -->
 
diff --git a/options.xml b/options.xml
index f821c16ba..e2497e2cf 100644
--- a/options.xml
+++ b/options.xml
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
    <option>
     <name>help</name>
     <short>h</short>
-    <description>Show the most relevant commandline options</description>
+    <description>Show the most relevant command line options</description>
     <brief/>
    </option>
 
    <option>
     <name>verbose</name>
     <short>v</short>
-    <description>Show all commandline options</description>
+    <description>Show all command line options</description>
     <description>when combined with --help or -h</description>
     <brief/>
    </option>
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
     <brief/>
    </option>
 
+   <option>
+    <name>language</name>
+    <arg>code</arg>
+    <description>Select the language for this session</description>
+    <brief/>
+   </option>
+
    <option>
     <name>disable-game-mode</name>
     <description>Disable full-screen game mode</description>
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@
    <option>
     <name>enable-mouse-pointer</name>
     <description>Enable extra mouse pointer</description>
-    <description>(i.e. for fullscreen Voodoo based cards)</description>
+    <description>(i.e. for full screen Voodoo based cards)</description>
    </option>
 
    <option>
@@ -610,7 +617,7 @@
    <option>
     <name>jpg-httpd</name>
     <arg>port</arg>
-    <description>Enable screenshot http server on the specified</description>
+    <description>Enable screen shot http server on the specified</description>
     <description>port</description>
    </option>
 
@@ -632,7 +639,7 @@
    <option>
     <name>net-id</name>
     <arg>name</arg>
-    <description>Specify your own callsign</description>
+    <description>Specify your own call sign</description>
    </option>
 
   </section>
@@ -717,7 +724,7 @@
    <option>
     <name>ray</name>
     <arg>params</arg>
-    <description>Open connection using the RayWoodworth motion</description>
+    <description>Open connection using the Ray Woodworth motion</description>
     <description>chair protocol</description>
    </option>