diff --git a/docs/LOOT Metadata Syntax.html b/docs/LOOT Metadata Syntax.html
index 5a2c07ba..52908f1f 100644
--- a/docs/LOOT Metadata Syntax.html	
+++ b/docs/LOOT Metadata Syntax.html	
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ nav: 0
         <tr><td><code>after</code><td>Merged. If A and B both contain an entry with the same <code>name</code> value, B's copy is skipped.
         <tr><td><code>req</code><td>Merged. If A and B both contain an entry with the same <code>name</code> value, B's copy is skipped.
         <tr><td><code>inc</code><td>Merged. If A and B both contain an entry with the same <code>name</code> value, B's copy is skipped.
-        <tr><td><code>msg</code><td>Merged. If A and B both contain an entry with the same content string (if there are multiple content strings, the first is checked), then B's copy is skipped.
+        <tr><td><code>msg</code><td>Merged. If A and B both contain an entry with the same content string, then B's copy is skipped. If there are multiple content strings, the English strings are compared.
         <tr><td><code>tag</code><td>Merged. If A and B both contain an entry with the same <code>name</code> value, B's copy is skipped, unless one is suggesting the tag for addition and the other is suggesting it for removal, in which case both entries are kept.
         <tr><td><code>url</code><td>Currently skipped by the parser, so neither A nor B will contain any entries anyway.
         <tr><td><code>dirty</code><td>Merged. If A and B both contain an entry with the same <code>crc</code> value, B's copy is skipped.
diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/message.cpp b/src/backend/metadata/message.cpp
index b18fadab..f958d6d7 100644
--- a/src/backend/metadata/message.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/metadata/message.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace loot {
 
     bool Message::operator < (const Message& rhs) const {
         if (!_content.empty() && !rhs.Content().empty())
-            return boost::ilexicographical_compare(_content.front().Str(), rhs.Content().front().Str());
+            return boost::ilexicographical_compare(ChooseContent(Language::english).Str(), rhs.ChooseContent(Language::english).Str());
         else if (_content.empty() && !rhs.Content().empty())
             return true;
         else
@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ namespace YAML {
 
         return out;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}