diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 855ff5b..63713c6 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@
             parser = self._name_parser_map[parser_name]
         except KeyError:
             tup = parser_name, ', '.join(self._name_parser_map)
-            msg = _('unknown parser %r (choices: %s)' % tup)
+            msg = _('unknown parser %r (choices: %s)') % tup
             raise ArgumentError(self, msg)
 
         # parse all the remaining options into the namespace
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@
             elif 'w' in self._mode:
                 return _sys.stdout
             else:
-                msg = _('argument "-" with mode %r' % self._mode)
+                msg = _('argument "-" with mode %r') % self._mode
                 raise ValueError(msg)
 
         # all other arguments are used as file names
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b0221cb..d2e4fa8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #10497: Fix incorrect use of gettext in argparse.
+
 - Issue #10478: Reentrant calls inside buffered IO objects (for example by
   way of a signal handler) now raise a RuntimeError instead of freezing the
   current process.