diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ede09a9fbd..f209a1b18b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-10-24  Mike FABIAN  <mfabian@redhat.com>
+
+	* localedata/locales/ka_GE (LC_MESSAGES): Fix yesexp to make
+	it agree with CLDR (include the first letter of yesstr).
+	Also make it more readable by using ASCII where possible.
+
 2017-10-24  Mike FABIAN  <mfabian@redhat.com>
 
 	* localedata/locales/mr_IN (LC_MESSAGES): Fix yesstr and nostr
diff --git a/localedata/locales/ka_GE b/localedata/locales/ka_GE
index 7b38a00c94..f520c8dc06 100644
--- a/localedata/locales/ka_GE
+++ b/localedata/locales/ka_GE
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ first_weekday 2
 END LC_TIME
 
 LC_MESSAGES
-yesexpr "<U005E><U005B><U002B><U0031><U0079><U0059><U006B><U004B><U0078><U0058><U10EE><U005D>"
-noexpr  "<U005E><U005B><U002D><U0030><U006E><U004E><U0061><U0041><U10D0><U005D>"
+yesexpr "^[+1yYkKx<U10D9>]"
+noexpr  "^[-0nNaA<U10D0>]"
 yesstr  "<U10D9><U10D8>"
 nostr   "<U10D0><U10E0><U10D0>"
 END LC_MESSAGES