diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp
index e4364a32197..10a48817def 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static bool runPatchHelper(const QByteArray &input, const QString &workingDirect
         args << QLatin1String("-R");
     if (withCrlf)
         args << QLatin1String("--binary");
-    MessageManager::write(QApplication::translate("Core::PatchTool", "Executing in %1: %2 %3").
+    MessageManager::write(QApplication::translate("Core::PatchTool", "Running in %1: %2 %3").
                           arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDirectory),
                               QDir::toNativeSeparators(patch), args.join(QLatin1Char(' '))));
     patchProcess.start(patch, args);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputwindow.cpp
index 7a1f99cab60..51389bdbcc3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputwindow.cpp
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ QString VcsOutputWindow::msgExecutionLogEntry(const QString &workingDir,
     const QString args = formatArguments(arguments);
     const QString nativeExecutable = executable.toUserOutput();
     if (workingDir.isEmpty())
-        return tr("Executing: %1 %2").arg(nativeExecutable, args) + QLatin1Char('\n');
-    return tr("Executing in %1: %2 %3").
+        return tr("Running: %1 %2").arg(nativeExecutable, args) + QLatin1Char('\n');
+    return tr("Running in %1: %2 %3").
             arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDir), nativeExecutable, args) + QLatin1Char('\n');
 }