diff --git a/app/gui/gui.c b/app/gui/gui.c
index bcbbb390f3..b23e4cb7e9 100644
--- a/app/gui/gui.c
+++ b/app/gui/gui.c
@@ -340,7 +340,13 @@ gui_recover (gint n_recoveries)
                                      _("Eeek! It looks like GIMP recovered from a crash!"));
 
   gimp_message_box_set_text (GIMP_MESSAGE_BOX (box),
-                             ngettext ("%d image was salvaged from the crash. "
+                             /* TRANSLATORS: even if English singular form does
+                              * not use %d, you can use %d for translation in
+                              * any singular/plural form of your language if
+                              * suited. It will just work and be replaced by the
+                              * number of images as expected.
+                              */
+                             ngettext ("An image was salvaged from the crash. "
                                        "Do you want to try and recover it?",
                                        "%d images were salvaged from the crash. "
                                        "Do you want to try and recover them?",
diff --git a/po/pl.po b/po/pl.po
index f0bf053577..fbf7bda1ef 100644
--- a/po/pl.po
+++ b/po/pl.po
@@ -18222,7 +18222,7 @@ msgstr "GIMP został otwarty po awarii."
 #: ../app/gui/gui.c:343
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
-"%d image was salvaged from the crash. Do you want to try and recover it?"
+"An image was salvaged from the crash. Do you want to try and recover it?"
 msgid_plural ""
 "%d images were salvaged from the crash. Do you want to try and recover them?"
 msgstr[0] "%d obraz został uratowany z awarii. Spróbować go odzyskać?"
diff --git a/po/ru.po b/po/ru.po
index cace4b6d19..d2bbe9b1a5 100644
--- a/po/ru.po
+++ b/po/ru.po
@@ -18071,7 +18071,7 @@ msgstr "Ох, кажется, GIMP в прошлый раз упал!"
 #: ../app/gui/gui.c:343
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
-"%d image was salvaged from the crash. Do you want to try and recover it?"
+"An image was salvaged from the crash. Do you want to try and recover it?"
 msgid_plural ""
 "%d images were salvaged from the crash. Do you want to try and recover them?"
 msgstr[0] "%d изображение было спасено после падения. Попробовать восстановить?"