diff --git a/src/components/dms/InitiateChatFlow.tsx b/src/components/dms/InitiateChatFlow.tsx
index 108041e678..161b0cf722 100644
--- a/src/components/dms/InitiateChatFlow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dms/InitiateChatFlow.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from 'react'
 import {LayoutAnimation, type TextInput, View} from 'react-native'
 import {moderateProfile, type ModerationOpts} from '@atproto/api'
-import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
+import {Plural, Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
 import {MAX_GROUP_NAME_GRAPHEME_LENGTH} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {sanitizeDisplayName} from '#/lib/strings/display-names'
@@ -600,8 +600,11 @@ export function InitiateChatFlow({
                       {color: t.palette.negative_400},
                     ]}>
                     <Trans>
-                      Group name is too long. The maximum number of characters
-                      is {MAX_GROUP_NAME_GRAPHEME_LENGTH}.
+                      Group name is too long.{' '}
+                      <Plural
+                        value={MAX_GROUP_NAME_GRAPHEME_LENGTH}
+                        other="The maximum number of characters is #."
+                      />
                     </Trans>
                   </Text>
                 ) : null}
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/prompts.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/prompts.tsx
index e8b594c0bd..6ba5ea03bd 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/prompts.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/ConversationSettings/prompts.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {View} from 'react-native'
-import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
+import {Plural, Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
 import {MAX_GROUP_NAME_GRAPHEME_LENGTH} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {isOverMaxGraphemeCount} from '#/lib/strings/helpers'
@@ -59,8 +59,11 @@ export function EditNamePrompt({
                   {color: t.palette.negative_400},
                 ]}>
                 <Trans>
-                  Group name is too long. The maximum number of characters is{' '}
-                  {MAX_GROUP_NAME_GRAPHEME_LENGTH}.
+                  Group name is too long.{' '}
+                  <Plural
+                    value={MAX_GROUP_NAME_GRAPHEME_LENGTH}
+                    other="The maximum number of characters is #."
+                  />
                 </Trans>
               </Text>
             ) : null}