diff --git a/docs/scripts/trans-copy b/docs/scripts/trans-copy
index 17f197946b..7732192885 100755
--- a/docs/scripts/trans-copy
+++ b/docs/scripts/trans-copy
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ for SOURCE in $(find ${ROOT}/content -type f -iname *.en-us.md); do
     if [[ ! -f ${DEST} ]]; then
       echo "Creating fallback for ${DEST#${ROOT}/content/}"
       cp ${SOURCE} ${DEST}
+      sed -i.bak "s/en\-us/${LOCALE}/g" ${DEST}
+      rm ${DEST}.bak
     fi
   done
 done