diff --git a/app/components/UI/LightningInvoiceInput.js b/app/components/UI/LightningInvoiceInput.js
index a5057ff1..3ef8fe30 100644
--- a/app/components/UI/LightningInvoiceInput.js
+++ b/app/components/UI/LightningInvoiceInput.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import { FormattedMessage, injectIntl } from 'react-intl'
 import { asField } from 'informed'
 import { isOnchain, isLn } from 'lib/utils/crypto'
 import TextArea from 'components/UI/TextArea'
 import FormFieldMessage from 'components/UI/FormFieldMessage'
+import messages from './messages'
 
 /**
  * @render react
@@ -30,19 +32,28 @@ class LightningInvoiceInput extends React.Component {
   }
 
   validate = value => {
+    const { intl } = this.props
     const { network, chain, required } = this.props
+
+    let chainName = `${chain}/lightning`
+    if (network !== 'mainnet') {
+      chainName += ` (${network})`
+    }
+
     if (required && (!value || value.trim() === '')) {
-      return 'This is a required field'
+      return intl.formatMessage({ ...messages.required_field })
     }
     if (value && !isLn(value, chain, network) && !isOnchain(value, chain, network)) {
-      return 'Not a valid address.'
+      return intl.formatMessage({ ...messages.invalid_request }, { chain: chainName })
     }
   }
 
   render() {
+    const { intl } = this.props
+
     return (
       <InformedTextArea
-        placeholder="Paste a Lightning Payment Request or Bitcoin Address here"
+        placeholder={intl.formatMessage({ ...messages.payreq_placeholder })}
         rows={5}
         {...this.props}
         validate={this.validate}
@@ -54,18 +65,27 @@ class LightningInvoiceInput extends React.Component {
 const InformedTextArea = asField(({ fieldState, fieldApi, ...props }) => {
   const { value } = fieldState
   const { chain, network, ...rest } = props
+
+  let chainName = isLn(value, chain, network) ? 'lightning' : chain
+  if (network !== 'mainnet') {
+    chainName += ` (${network})`
+  }
   return (
     <React.Fragment>
       <TextArea {...rest} />
       {value &&
         !fieldState.error && (
           <FormFieldMessage variant="success" mt={2}>
-            Valid {isLn(value, chain, network) ? 'lightning' : chain} address{' '}
-            {network !== 'mainnet' && `(${network})`}
+            <FormattedMessage
+              {...messages.valid_request}
+              values={{
+                chain: chainName
+              }}
+            />
           </FormFieldMessage>
         )}
     </React.Fragment>
   )
 })
 
-export default LightningInvoiceInput
+export default injectIntl(LightningInvoiceInput)
diff --git a/app/components/UI/messages.js b/app/components/UI/messages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9357a041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/UI/messages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { defineMessages } from 'react-intl'
+
+/* eslint-disable max-len */
+export default defineMessages({
+  required_field: 'This is a required field',
+  invalid_request: 'Not a valid {chain} request.',
+  valid_request: 'Valid {chain} request',
+  payreq_placeholder: 'Paste a Lightning Payment Request or Bitcoin Address here'
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/components/UI/LightningInvoiceInput.spec.js b/test/unit/components/UI/LightningInvoiceInput.spec.js
index 17d8b59b..6361661b 100644
--- a/test/unit/components/UI/LightningInvoiceInput.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/components/UI/LightningInvoiceInput.spec.js
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ import renderer from 'react-test-renderer'
 import { dark } from 'themes'
 import { ThemeProvider } from 'styled-components'
 import { LightningInvoiceInput } from 'components/UI'
+import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl'
 
 describe('component.UI.LightningInvoiceInput', () => {
   it('should render correctly', () => {
     const tree = renderer
       .create(
-        <ThemeProvider theme={dark}>
-          <Form>
-            <LightningInvoiceInput field="name" chain="bitcoin" network="mainnet" theme={dark} />
-          </Form>
-        </ThemeProvider>
+        <IntlProvider>
+          <ThemeProvider theme={dark}>
+            <Form>
+              <LightningInvoiceInput field="name" chain="bitcoin" network="mainnet" theme={dark} />
+            </Form>
+          </ThemeProvider>
+        </IntlProvider>
       )
       .toJSON()
     expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot()