diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 36d731b66d..d1d9266ab3 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -5588,10 +5588,18 @@
   },
   "icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-character-min": {
     "messageformat": "Usernames must have at least {min, number} characters.",
-    "description": "Shown if user has attempted to enter a username with too few characters - currently min is 3"
+    "description": "(Deleted 2024/06/13) Shown if user has attempted to enter a username with too few characters - currently min is 3"
   },
   "icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-character-max": {
     "messageformat": "Usernames must have at most {max, number} characters.",
+    "description": "(Deleted 2024/06/13) Shown if user has attempted to enter a username with too many characters - currently min is 25"
+  },
+  "icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-character-min-plural": {
+    "messageformat": "Usernames must have at least {min, plural, one {# character} other {# characters}}.",
+    "description": "Shown if user has attempted to enter a username with too few characters - currently min is 3"
+  },
+  "icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-character-max-plural": {
+    "messageformat": "Usernames must have at most {max, plural, one {# character} other {# characters}}.",
     "description": "Shown if user has attempted to enter a username with too many characters - currently min is 25"
   },
   "icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-discriminator-min": {
diff --git a/ts/components/EditUsernameModalBody.tsx b/ts/components/EditUsernameModalBody.tsx
index 775b05b73b..861ace5218 100644
--- a/ts/components/EditUsernameModalBody.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/EditUsernameModalBody.tsx
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ export function EditUsernameModalBody({
       return undefined;
     }
     if (error === UsernameReservationError.NotEnoughCharacters) {
-      return i18n('icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-character-min', {
+      return i18n('icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-character-min-plural', {
         min: minNickname,
       });
     }
     if (error === UsernameReservationError.TooManyCharacters) {
-      return i18n('icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-character-max', {
+      return i18n('icu:ProfileEditor--username--check-character-max-plural', {
         max: maxNickname,
       });
     }