diff --git a/extensions/git/package.nls.json b/extensions/git/package.nls.json
index 4aef845715c..b05e61375bf 100644
--- a/extensions/git/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/git/package.nls.json
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
 		"message": "Scanning workspace for git repositories..."
 	},
 	"view.workbench.scm.unsafeRepository": {
-		"message": "The git repository in the following folder has been detected as potentially unsafe as the folder is owned by someone else other than the current user: ${command:git.api.getUnsafeRepositories}.\nDo you want to open the repository?\n[Open Repository](command:git.addSafeDirectoryAndOpenRepository)\n[Learn More](https://aka.ms/vscode-scm)",
+		"message": "The git repository in the following folder is potentially unsafe as the folder is owned by someone other than the current user: ${command:git.api.getUnsafeRepositories}.\nDo you want to open the repository?\n[Open Repository](command:git.addSafeDirectoryAndOpenRepository)\n[Learn More](https://aka.ms/vscode-scm)",
 		"comment": [
 			"{Locked='](command:git.api.getUnsafeRepositories'}",
 			"{Locked='](command:git.addSafeDirectoryAndOpenRepository'}",
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 		]
 	},
 	"view.workbench.scm.unsafeRepositories": {
-		"message": "The git repositories in the following folders have been detected as potentially unsafe as the folder is owned by someone else other than the current user: ${command:git.api.getUnsafeRepositories}.\nDo you want to open the repositories?\n[Open Repositories](command:git.addSafeDirectoryAndOpenRepository)\n[Learn More](https://aka.ms/vscode-scm)",
+		"message": "The git repositories in the following folders are potentially unsafe as the folders are owned by someone other than the current user: ${command:git.api.getUnsafeRepositories}.\nDo you want to open the repositories?\n[Open Repositories](command:git.addSafeDirectoryAndOpenRepository)\n[Learn More](https://aka.ms/vscode-scm)",
 		"comment": [
 			"{Locked='](command:git.api.getUnsafeRepositories'}",
 			"{Locked='](command:git.addSafeDirectoryAndOpenRepository'}",
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/model.ts b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
index 501f2fc2947..156d288d7ce 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/model.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@ export class Model implements IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry, IPostCommitCommand
 		const unsafeRepositoryPathLabels = unsafeRepositoryPaths.sort().map(m => `"${m}"`).join(', ');
 
 		const message = unsafeRepositoryPaths.length === 1 ?
-			l10n.t('The git repository in the following folder has been detected as potentially unsafe as the folder is owned by someone else other than the current user: {0}. Do you want to open the repository?', unsafeRepositoryPathLabels) :
-			l10n.t('The git repositories in the following folders have been detected as potentially unsafe as the folder is owned by someone else other than the current user: {0}. Do you want to open the repositories?', unsafeRepositoryPathLabels);
+			l10n.t('The git repository in the following folder is potentially unsafe as the folder is owned by someone other than the current user: {0}. Do you want to open the repository?', unsafeRepositoryPathLabels) :
+			l10n.t('The git repositories in the following folders are potentially unsafe as the folders are owned by someone other than the current user: {0}. Do you want to open the repositories?', unsafeRepositoryPathLabels);
 
 		const openRepository = unsafeRepositoryPaths.length === 1 ? l10n.t('Open Repository') : l10n.t('Open Repositories');
 		const learnMore = l10n.t('Learn More');