diff --git a/Content.Client/Wires/UI/WiresMenu.cs b/Content.Client/Wires/UI/WiresMenu.cs
index eccc548297cd8c..77fc3accceb34a 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Wires/UI/WiresMenu.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Wires/UI/WiresMenu.cs
@@ -584,17 +584,10 @@ public StatusLight(StatusLightData data, IResourceCache resourceCache)
 
         private sealed class HelpPopup : Popup
         {
-            private const string Text = "Click on the gold contacts with a multitool in hand to pulse their wire.\n" +
-                                        "Click on the wires with a pair of wirecutters in hand to cut/mend them.\n\n" +
-                                        "The lights at the top show the state of the machine, " +
-                                        "messing with wires will probably do stuff to them.\n" +
-                                        "Wire layouts are different each round, " +
-                                        "but consistent between machines of the same type.";
-
             public HelpPopup()
             {
                 var label = new RichTextLabel();
-                label.SetMessage(Text);
+                label.SetMessage(Loc.GetString("wires-menu-help-popup"));
                 AddChild(new PanelContainer
                 {
                     StyleClasses = {ExamineSystem.StyleClassEntityTooltip},
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/wires/components/wires-component.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/wires/components/wires-component.ftl
index be27c270bb4d58..e98e5c21cab286 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/wires/components/wires-component.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/wires/components/wires-component.ftl
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ wires-component-ui-on-receive-message-cannot-mend-uncut-wire = You can't mend a
 
 wires-menu-name-label = Wires
 wires-menu-dead-beef-text = DEAD-BEEF
+wires-menu-help-popup =
+    Click on the gold contacts with a multitool in hand to pulse their wire.
+    Click on the wires with a pair of wirecutters in hand to cut/mend them.
+
+    The lights at the top show the state of the machine, messing with wires will probably do stuff to them.
+    Wire layouts are different each round, but consistent between machines of the same type.