diff --git a/app/models/comment_vote.rb b/app/models/comment_vote.rb
index 0b27e13ac..a4c3831c2 100644
--- a/app/models/comment_vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/comment_vote.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class CommentVote < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user
   before_validation :initialize_user, :on => :create
   validates_presence_of :user_id, :comment_id, :score
-  validates_uniqueness_of :user_id, :scope => :comment_id, :message => "has already voted for this comment"
+  validates_uniqueness_of :user_id, :scope => :comment_id, :message => "have already voted for this comment"
   validate :validate_user_can_vote
   validate :validate_comment_can_be_down_voted
   validates_inclusion_of :score, :in => [-1, 1], :message => "must be 1 or -1"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class CommentVote < ActiveRecord::Base
   
   def validate_user_can_vote
     if !user.can_comment_vote?
-      errors.add :user, "can not comment vote"
+      errors.add :base, "You cannot vote on comments"
       false
     else
       true
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class CommentVote < ActiveRecord::Base
   
   def validate_comment_can_be_down_voted
     if is_negative? && comment.creator.is_janitor? 
-      errors.add :user, "can not downvote a janitor comment"
+      errors.add :base, "You cannot downvote a janitor comment"
       false
     else
       true
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index af66c24ee..adfda1111 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,10 @@ en:
         creator_id: "You"
       post_disapproval:
         post: "You"
-        post_id: "You"
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+        post_id: "You"
+      comment:
+        post: "You"
+        post_id: "You"
+      comment_vote:
+        comment: "You"
+        user_id: "You"
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