diff --git a/locale/audacity.pot b/locale/audacity.pot
index ee84856ed8108ac2796a70e85424d363957e2be7..dabe4fde817578a7bc9ec6e0f5dbe70d7159f926 100644
--- a/locale/audacity.pot
+++ b/locale/audacity.pot
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Contributors"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/AboutDialog.cpp:406
+#: src/AboutDialog.cpp:406 
 msgid "Translators"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/src/HelpText.cpp b/src/HelpText.cpp
index 57ba1b9570ea5e2ef5718f7bc672ef91a00eff61..afb258d5705dec4d180c48c5cba6def8ca344eb5 100644
--- a/src/HelpText.cpp
+++ b/src/HelpText.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@ wxString TitleText( const wxString & Key )
 
 static wxString HelpTextBuiltIn( const wxString & Key )
 {
-   if(Key==wxT("welcome"))
+   // PRL:  Is it necessary to define these outside of conditional compilation so that both get into the .pot file?
+   auto alphamsg = _("<br><br>The version of Audacity you are using is an <b>Alpha test version</b>.");
+   auto betamsg = _("<br><br>The version of Audacity you are using is a <b>Beta test version</b>.");
+
+      if (Key == wxT("welcome"))
    {
       /// TO-DO: Make the links to help here use the widgets/HelpSystem mechanism
       /// so that they are consistent
@@ -211,8 +215,13 @@ static wxString HelpTextBuiltIn( const wxString & Key )
 #if IS_ALPHA
          wxT("<hr><center><h3>") + _("Get the Official Released Version of Audacity") + wxT("</h3></center>") +
          VerCheckHtml() +
-         _("<br><br>The version of Audacity you are using is an <b>Alpha test version</b>.") + " " +
-         _("We strongly recommend that you use our latest stable released version, which has full documentation and support.<br><br>")+
+#if IS_ALPHA == 1
+         alphamsg
+#else
+         betamsg
+#endif
+         + " " +
+         _("We strongly recommend that you use our latest stable released version, which has full documentation and support.<br><br>") +
          _("You can help us get Audacity ready for release by joining our [[http://www.audacityteam.org/community/|community]].<hr><br><br>")+
 #endif