diff --git a/templates/article.html b/templates/article.html
index 2f12053..e4aaddd 100644
--- a/templates/article.html
+++ b/templates/article.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
            category='<a href="%s/%s">%s</a>'|format(SITEURL, article.category.url, article.category)|safe) }}
 
       {% if 'post_stats' in PLUGINS %}
-        &#8226; {{ _('%(minutes) min read', minutes=article.stats['read_mins']) }}
+        &#8226; {{ _('%(minutes)s min read', minutes=article.stats['read_mins']) }}
       {% endif %}
     </p>
   </header>
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 6a7ee71..f61d79c 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       {% endif %}
 
       {% if 'post_stats' in PLUGINS %}
-        &#8226; {{ _('%(minutes) min read', minutes=article.stats['read_mins']) }}
+        &#8226; {{ _('%(minutes)s min read', minutes=article.stats['read_mins']) }}
       {% endif %}
     </p>
   </header>