diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/dataDirectory.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/dataDirectory.js
index 7847d8dff3..01651324f8 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/dataDirectory.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/dataDirectory.js
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Zotero.DataDirectory = {
 						let index = ps.confirmEx(
 							null,
 							Zotero.getString('general.error'),
-							Zotero.getString('dataDir.cannotBeSetWithAlternative', [parentPath]),
+							Zotero.getString('dataDir.cannotBeSetWithAlternative', ['storage', parentPath]),
 							buttonFlags,
 							null, null, null, null, {}
 						);
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.properties b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.properties
index 30ba5bf55a..834ab8535f 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.properties
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.properties
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ dataDir.selectDir					= Select a Zotero data directory
 dataDir.selectNewDir				= Select a new %S data directory
 dataDir.changeDataDirectory 		= Change Data Directory…
 dataDir.chooseNewDataDirectory		= Choose New Data Directory…
-dataDir.cannotBeSetWithAlternative = The data directory cannot be set to a “storage” directory. Did you mean %S?
+dataDir.cannotBeSetWithAlternative = The data directory cannot be set to a “%S” directory. Did you mean %S?
 dataDir.cannotBeLinkedAttachmentBaseDirectory = The data directory cannot be set to the same location as the Linked Attachment Base Directory.
 dataDir.unsafeLocation.selected.cloud = Storing the data directory in a cloud storage folder is very likely to corrupt your database.
 dataDir.unsafeLocation.selected.areYouSure = Are you sure you want to use this location?