diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/base.py b/frontends/src/jp/base.py
index 6a940310..9f53e8a3 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/base.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/base.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Jp(object):
         self.bridge = bridge_module.Bridge()
         self.bridge.bridgeConnect(callback=self._bridgeCb, errback=self._bridgeEb)
         # _no_exit is used in shell mode because SystemExit can't
-        # catched when loop is in use
+        # catched in some cases
         self._no_exit = False
 
     def _bridgeCb(self):
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class Jp(object):
                                               description=DESCRIPTION)
         self._make_parents()
         self.add_parser_options()
-        self.subparsers = self.parser.add_subparsers(title=_('Available commands'), dest='subparser_name')
+        self.subparsers = self.parser.add_subparsers(title=_(u'Available commands'), dest='subparser_name')
         self._auto_loop = False # when loop is used for internal reasons
         self._need_loop = False