diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearchPlugin.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearchPlugin.php
index 7a27a4c042..ad34a7cc15 100644
--- a/plugins/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearchPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearchPlugin.php
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ foreach($sphinxDefaults as $key => $val) {
     }
 }
 
-
-
 /**
  * Plugin for Sphinx search backend.
  *
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ foreach($sphinxDefaults as $key => $val) {
  * @link     http://laconi.ca/
  * @link     http://twitter.com/
  */
-
 class SphinxSearchPlugin extends Plugin
 {
     /**
@@ -86,7 +83,8 @@ class SphinxSearchPlugin extends Plugin
     {
         if (common_config('sphinx', 'enabled')) {
             if (!class_exists('SphinxClient')) {
-                throw new ServerException('Sphinx PHP extension must be installed.');
+                // TRANS: Server exception.
+                throw new ServerException(_m('Sphinx PHP extension must be installed.'));
             }
             $engine = new SphinxSearch($target, $table);
             if ($engine->is_connected()) {
@@ -97,4 +95,28 @@ class SphinxSearchPlugin extends Plugin
         // Sphinx disabled or disconnected
         return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Provide plugin version information.
+     *
+     * This data is used when showing the version page.
+     *
+     * @param array &$versions array of version data arrays; see EVENTS.txt
+     *
+     * @return boolean hook value
+     */
+    function onPluginVersion(&$versions)
+    {
+        $url = 'http://status.net/wiki/Plugin:SphinxSearch';
+
+        $versions[] = array('name' => 'SphinxSearch',
+            'version' => STATUSNET_VERSION,
+            'author' => 'Brion Vibber',
+            'homepage' => $url,
+            'rawdescription' =>
+            // TRANS: Plugin description.
+            _m('Plugin for Sphinx search backend.'));
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/gen_config.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/gen_config.php
index d5a00b6b6b..e7f3977478 100755
--- a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/gen_config.php
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/gen_config.php
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ searchd
 
 END;
 
-
-
 /**
  * Build config entries for a single site
  * @fixme we only seem to have master DB currently available...
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/index_update.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/index_update.php
index 23c60ced76..abac5434f7 100755
--- a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/index_update.php
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/index_update.php
@@ -42,20 +42,20 @@ sphinx_iterate_sites('sphinx_index_update');
 function sphinx_index_update($sn)
 {
     $base = sphinx_base();
-    
+
     $baseIndexes = array('notice', 'profile');
     $params = array();
-    
+
     if (have_option('rotate')) {
         $params[] = '--rotate';
     }
     foreach ($baseIndexes as $index) {
         $params[] = "{$sn->dbname}_{$index}";
     }
-    
+
     $params = implode(' ', $params);
     $cmd = "$base/bin/indexer --config $base/etc/sphinx.conf $params";
-    
+
     print "$cmd\n";
     system($cmd);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx-utils.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx-utils.php
index 7bbc252702..22d70fb8d1 100644
--- a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx-utils.php
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx-utils.php
@@ -60,4 +60,3 @@ function sphinx_iterate_sites($callback)
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinxsearch.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinxsearch.php
index 654b9c9d5b..1ce9bfd72d 100644
--- a/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinxsearch.php
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinxsearch.php
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class SphinxSearch extends SearchEngine
         if (preg_match('!^.*?://.*?:.*?@.*?/(.*?)$!', common_config('db', 'database'), $matches)) {
             return $matches[1];
         }
-        throw new ServerException("Sphinx search could not identify database name");
+
+        // TRANS: Server exception thrown when a database name cannot be identified.
+        throw new ServerException(_m("Sphinx search could not identify database name."));
     }
 }