diff --git a/src/plugins/tool/Check.py b/src/plugins/tool/Check.py
index e6f62f77e..47520de87 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tool/Check.py
+++ b/src/plugins/tool/Check.py
@@ -1458,8 +1458,8 @@ class CheckIntegrity(object):
 
         self.text = cStringIO.StringIO()
         if blink > 0:
-            self.text.write(ngettext("%d broken child/family link was fixed\n", \
-            "%d broken child-family links were found\n", blink) % blink )
+            self.text.write(ngettext("%(quantity)d broken child/family link was fixed\n", \
+            "%(quantity)d broken child-family links were found\n", blink) % { 'quantity' : blink } )
             for (person_handle, family_handle) in self.broken_links:
                 person = self.db.get_person_from_handle(person_handle)
                 if person: