diff --git a/include/wx/translation.h b/include/wx/translation.h
index 2ca62cf4cc..95e293c2f6 100644
--- a/include/wx/translation.h
+++ b/include/wx/translation.h
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ public:
 
     // add catalog with given domain name and language, looking it up via
     // wxTranslationsLoader
-    bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain);
-    bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain, wxLanguage msgIdLanguage);
+    bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain,
+                    wxLanguage msgIdLanguage = wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_US);
 #if !wxUSE_UNICODE
     bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain,
                     wxLanguage msgIdLanguage,
diff --git a/interface/wx/translation.h b/interface/wx/translation.h
index 3bfbccd2c9..abe020ff73 100644
--- a/interface/wx/translation.h
+++ b/interface/wx/translation.h
@@ -157,21 +157,11 @@ public:
         All loaded catalogs will be used for message lookup by GetString() for
         the current locale.
 
-        In this overload, @c msgid strings are assumed
+        Bu default, i.e. if @a msgIdLanguage is not given, @c msgid strings are assumed
         to be in English and written only using 7-bit ASCII characters.
         If you have to deal with non-English strings or 8-bit characters in the
         source code, see the instructions in @ref overview_nonenglish.
 
-        @return
-            @true if catalog was successfully loaded, @false otherwise (which might
-            mean that the catalog is not found or that it isn't in the correct format).
-     */
-    bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain);
-
-    /**
-        Same as AddCatalog(const wxString&), but takes an additional argument,
-        @a msgIdLanguage.
-
         @param domain
             The catalog domain to add.
 
@@ -186,7 +176,8 @@ public:
             @true if catalog was successfully loaded, @false otherwise (which might
             mean that the catalog is not found or that it isn't in the correct format).
      */
-    bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain, wxLanguage msgIdLanguage);
+    bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain,
+                    wxLanguage msgIdLanguage = wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_US);
 
     /**
         Same as AddCatalog(const wxString&, wxLanguage), but takes two
diff --git a/src/common/translation.cpp b/src/common/translation.cpp
index f82c08f4fa..bc0213d2e3 100644
--- a/src/common/translation.cpp
+++ b/src/common/translation.cpp
@@ -1485,12 +1485,6 @@ bool wxTranslations::AddStdCatalog()
     return true;
 }
 
-
-bool wxTranslations::AddCatalog(const wxString& domain)
-{
-    return AddCatalog(domain, wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_US);
-}
-
 #if !wxUSE_UNICODE
 bool wxTranslations::AddCatalog(const wxString& domain,
                                 wxLanguage msgIdLanguage,