diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 48aec7f6..bc266928 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@
     "verifyIdentity": {
         "message": "Verify Identity"
     },
+    "theirIdentity": {
+        "message": "Their identity (they read):",
+        "description": "They is used here as a gender-neutral third-person singular"
+    },
+    "yourIdentity": {
+        "message": "Your identity (you read):"
+    },
     "deleteMessages": {
         "message": "Delete messages"
     },
diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
index db6f48a8..647499b0 100644
--- a/background.html
+++ b/background.html
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@
         <span class='conversation-title'>{{ verifyIdentity }}</span>
     </div>
     <div class='container'>
-      <p> Their identity (they read): </p>
+      <p> {{theirIdentity}} </p>
       <div class='key'>
         {{ #their_key }} <span>{{ . }}</span> {{ /their_key }}
       </div>
-      <p> Your identity (you read): </p>
+      <p> {{yourIdentity}} </p>
       <div class='key'>
         {{ #your_key  }} <span>{{ . }}</span> {{ /your_key  }}
       </div>
diff --git a/js/views/key_verification_view.js b/js/views/key_verification_view.js
index b7ffbbfe..bc38c6b9 100644
--- a/js/views/key_verification_view.js
+++ b/js/views/key_verification_view.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
         render_attributes: function() {
             return {
                 verifyIdentity: i18n('verifyIdentity'),
+                yourIdentity: i18n('yourIdentity'),
+                theirIdentity: i18n('theirIdentity'),
                 your_key: this.splitKey(this.model.your_key),
                 their_key: this.splitKey(this.model.their_key)
             };