diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionPoints.ts b/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionPoints.ts
index 4474583c0bf..67e69c2016d 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionPoints.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionPoints.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class ExtensionManifestNLSReplacer extends ExtensionManifestHandler {
 							// FF3B and FF3D is the Unicode zenkaku representation for [ and ]
 							message = '\uFF3B' + message.replace(/[aouei]/g, '$&$&') + '\uFF3D';
 						}
-						obj[key] = command && originalMessages ? { value: message, original: originalMessages[messageKey] } : message;
+						obj[key] = command && (key === 'title' || key === 'category') && originalMessages ? { value: message, original: originalMessages[messageKey] } : message;
 					} else {
 						collector.warn(messageScope, nls.localize('missingNLSKey', "Couldn't find message for key {0}.", messageKey));
 					}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/tasks/electron-browser/task.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/tasks/electron-browser/task.contribution.ts
index 19d4311375d..9a5c8585f4a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/tasks/electron-browser/task.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/tasks/electron-browser/task.contribution.ts
@@ -1102,13 +1102,13 @@ class TaskService extends EventEmitter implements ITaskService {
 
 
 let workbenchActionsRegistry = <IWorkbenchActionRegistry>Registry.as(WorkbenchActionExtensions.WorkbenchActions);
-workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(ConfigureTaskRunnerAction, ConfigureTaskRunnerAction.ID, ConfigureTaskRunnerAction.TEXT), 'Tasks: Configure Task Runner', tasksCategory);
+workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(ConfigureTaskRunnerAction, ConfigureTaskRunnerAction.ID, ConfigureTaskRunnerAction.TEXT), 'Configure Task Runner', tasksCategory);
 
-MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.showLog', title: nls.localize('ShowLogAction.label', "Show Task Log"), category: tasksCategory });
-MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.runTask', title: nls.localize('RunTaskAction.label', "Run Task"), category: tasksCategory });
-MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.terminate', title: nls.localize('TerminateAction.label', "Terminate Running Task"), category: tasksCategory });
-MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.build', title: nls.localize('BuildAction.label', "Run Build Task"), category: tasksCategory });
-MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.test', title: nls.localize('TestAction.label', "Run Test Task"), category: tasksCategory });
+MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.showLog', title: { value: nls.localize('ShowLogAction.label', "Show Task Log"), original: 'Show Task Log' }, category: { value: tasksCategory, original: 'Tasks' } });
+MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.runTask', title: { value: nls.localize('RunTaskAction.label', "Run Task"), original: 'Run Task' }, category: { value: tasksCategory, original: 'Tasks' } });
+MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.terminate', title: { value: nls.localize('TerminateAction.label', "Terminate Running Task"), original: 'Terminate Running Task' }, category: { value: tasksCategory, original: 'Tasks' } });
+MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.build', title: { value: nls.localize('BuildAction.label', "Run Build Task"), original: 'Run Build Task' }, category: { value: tasksCategory, original: 'Tasks' } });
+MenuRegistry.addCommand({ id: 'workbench.action.tasks.test', title: { value: nls.localize('TestAction.label', "Run Test Task"), original: 'Run Test Task' }, category: { value: tasksCategory, original: 'Tasks' } });
 // MenuRegistry.addCommand( { id: 'workbench.action.tasks.rebuild', title: nls.localize('RebuildAction.label', 'Run Rebuild Task'), category: tasksCategory });
 // MenuRegistry.addCommand( { id: 'workbench.action.tasks.clean', title: nls.localize('CleanAction.label', 'Run Clean Task'), category: tasksCategory });