diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/page.el b/lisp/textmodes/page.el
index 220ef2d7fd..d7214f610f 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/page.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/page.el
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ count-lines-page
       (setq total (count-lines beg end)
 	    before (count-lines beg opoint)
 	    after (count-lines opoint end))
-      (message "Page has %d lines (%d + %d)" total before after))))
+      (let ((fmt (ngettext "Page has %d line" "Page has %d lines" total)))
+        (message "%s (%d + %d)" (format-message fmt total) before after)))))
 
 (defun what-page ()
   "Print page and line number of point."