diff --git a/intl/english.h b/intl/english.h
index 3631477911..6a45f4538c 100644
--- a/intl/english.h
+++ b/intl/english.h
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
 #define RETRO_MSG_MOVIE_PLAYBACK_ENDED "Movie playback ended."
 #define RETRO_MSG_LIBRETRO_ABI_BREAK RETRO_FRONTEND " is compiled against a different version of libretro than this libretro implementation."
 #define RETRO_MSG_RESETTING_CONTENT "Resetting content."
+#define RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT "Initializing rewind buffer with size: "
+#define RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED "Failed to initialize rewind buffer. Rewinding will be disabled"
+#define RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED_NO_SAVESTATES "Implementation does not support save states. Cannot use rewind."
+#define RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED_THREADED_AUDIO "Implementation uses threaded audio. Cannot use rewind."
 
 #define RETRO_LOG_INIT_RECORDING_SKIPPED RETRO_MSG_INIT_RECORDING_SKIPPED TERM_STR
 #define RETRO_LOG_INIT_RECORDING_FAILED RETRO_MSG_INIT_RECORDING_FAILED TERM_STR
@@ -108,5 +112,9 @@
 #define RETRO_LOG_MOVIE_PLAYBACK_ENDED RETRO_MSG_MOVIE_PLAYBACK_ENDED TERM_STR
 #define RETRO_LOG_LIBRETRO_ABI_BREAK RETRO_MSG_LIBRETRO_ABI_BREAK RETRO_FRONTEND TERM_STR 
 #define RETRO_LOG_RESETTING_CONTENT RETRO_MSG_RESETTING_CONTENT TERM_STR
+#define RETRO_LOG_REWIND_INIT RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT TERM_STR
+#define RETRO_LOG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED TERM_STR
+#define RETRO_LOG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED_NO_SAVESTATES RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED_NO_SAVESTATES TERM_STR
+#define RETRO_LOG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED_THREADED_AUDIO RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED_THREADED_AUDIO TERM_STR
 
 #endif
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 9800bded00..40809113a2 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -1618,25 +1618,25 @@ static void init_rewind(void)
 
    if (g_extern.system.audio_callback.callback)
    {
-      RARCH_ERR("Implementation uses threaded audio. Cannot use rewind.\n");
+      RARCH_ERR(RETRO_LOG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED_THREADED_AUDIO);
       return;
    }
 
    g_extern.state_size = pretro_serialize_size();
    if (!g_extern.state_size)
    {
-      RARCH_ERR("Implementation does not support save states. Cannot use rewind.\n");
+      RARCH_ERR(RETRO_LOG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED_NO_SAVESTATES);
       return;
    }
 
-   RARCH_LOG("Initializing rewind buffer with size: %u MB\n",
+   RARCH_LOG(RETRO_MSG_REWIND_INIT "%u MB\n",
          (unsigned)(g_settings.rewind_buffer_size / 1000000));
 
    g_extern.state_manager = state_manager_new(g_extern.state_size,
          g_settings.rewind_buffer_size);
 
    if (!g_extern.state_manager)
-      RARCH_WARN("Failed to initialize rewind buffer. Rewinding will be disabled.\n");
+      RARCH_WARN(RETRO_LOG_REWIND_INIT_FAILED);
 
    state_manager_push_where(g_extern.state_manager, &state);
    pretro_serialize(state, g_extern.state_size);