diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a5b61e09..20bfb4b3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ procps-ng NEXT
   * sysctl: Document directory order                       Debian #951550
   * top: ensure config file backward compatibility         Debian #951335
   * top: add command line 'e' for symmetry with 'E'        issue #165
+  * vmstat: Wide mode gives wider proc columns             merge #48
 
 procps-ng-3.3.16
 ----------------
diff --git a/po/de.po b/po/de.po
index a4e21b75..f73be488 100644
--- a/po/de.po
+++ b/po/de.po
@@ -121,18 +121,18 @@ msgid "failed to parse count argument: '%s'"
 msgstr "Anzahl im Argument konnte nicht verarbeitet werden: »%s«"
 
 #: free.c:352
-#, c-format
+#, fuzzy, c-format
 msgid ""
-"               total        used        free      shared     buffers       "
+"              total        used        free      shared     buffers       "
 "cache   available"
 msgstr ""
 "               gesamt       benutzt     frei      gemeins.   Puffer        "
 "Cache   verfügbar"
 
 #: free.c:354
-#, c-format
+#, fuzzy, c-format
 msgid ""
-"               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   "
+"              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   "
 "available"
 msgstr ""
 "               gesamt       benutzt     frei      gemns.  Puffer/Cache "
diff --git a/po/fr.po b/po/fr.po
index 394299ca..a00115c3 100644
--- a/po/fr.po
+++ b/po/fr.po
@@ -137,18 +137,18 @@ msgid "failed to parse count argument: '%s'"
 msgstr "échec du décodage de l'argument du nombre de répétitions: « %s »"
 
 #: free.c:352
-#, c-format
+#, fuzzy, c-format
 msgid ""
-"               total        used        free      shared     buffers       "
+"              total        used        free      shared     buffers       "
 "cache   available"
 msgstr ""
 "               total       utilisé      libre     partagé    tampons       "
 "cache   disponible"
 
 #: free.c:354
-#, c-format
+#, fuzzy, c-format
 msgid ""
-"               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   "
+"              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   "
 "available"
 msgstr ""
 "               total       utilisé      libre     partagé tamp/cache   "
diff --git a/vmstat.c b/vmstat.c
index f7314248..270c431d 100644
--- a/vmstat.c
+++ b/vmstat.c
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ static void new_header(void)
 
 	printf(
 	    w_option ? wide_format : format,
-	    /* Translation Hint: max 4 chars */
+	    /* Translation Hint: max 2 chars */
 	     _("r"),
-	    /* Translation Hint: max 4 chars */
+	    /* Translation Hint: max 2 chars */
 	     _("b"),
 	    /* Translation Hint: max 6 chars */
 	     _("swpd"),