diff --git a/src/uu/unlink/locales/en-US.ftl b/src/uu/unlink/locales/en-US.ftl
index e819d905e..d2c768cb2 100644
--- a/src/uu/unlink/locales/en-US.ftl
+++ b/src/uu/unlink/locales/en-US.ftl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 unlink-about = Unlink the file at FILE.
 unlink-usage = unlink FILE
   unlink OPTION
+unlink-error-cannot-unlink = cannot unlink { $path }
diff --git a/src/uu/unlink/locales/fr-FR.ftl b/src/uu/unlink/locales/fr-FR.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d742837f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/unlink/locales/fr-FR.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+unlink-about = Supprimer le lien vers le fichier FICHIER.
+unlink-usage = unlink FICHIER
+  unlink OPTION
+unlink-error-cannot-unlink = impossible de supprimer le lien { $path }
diff --git a/src/uu/unlink/src/unlink.rs b/src/uu/unlink/src/unlink.rs
index 418e59b6e..642e84eda 100644
--- a/src/uu/unlink/src/unlink.rs
+++ b/src/uu/unlink/src/unlink.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::remove_file;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 use uucore::format_usage;
 
-use uucore::locale::get_message;
+use uucore::locale::{get_message, get_message_with_args};
 static OPT_PATH: &str = "FILE";
 
 #[uucore::main]
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     let path: &Path = matches.get_one::<OsString>(OPT_PATH).unwrap().as_ref();
 
-    remove_file(path).map_err_context(|| format!("cannot unlink {}", path.quote()))
+    remove_file(path).map_err_context(|| {
+        get_message_with_args(
+            "unlink-error-cannot-unlink",
+            HashMap::from([("path".to_string(), path.quote().to_string())]),
+        )
+    })
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {