diff --git a/glib/gfileutils.c b/glib/gfileutils.c
index 47de1b59b..3c1b135ef 100644
--- a/glib/gfileutils.c
+++ b/glib/gfileutils.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ get_contents_stdio (const gchar  *display_filename,
               g_set_error (error,
                            G_FILE_ERROR,
                            G_FILE_ERROR_NOMEM,
-                           g_dngettext (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "Could not allocate %ld byte to read file \"%s\"", "Could not allocate %lu bytes to read file \"%s\"", (gulong)total_allocated),
+                           g_dngettext (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "Could not allocate %lu byte to read file \"%s\"", "Could not allocate %lu bytes to read file \"%s\"", (gulong)total_allocated),
                            (gulong) total_allocated,
 			   display_filename);
 
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ get_contents_regfile (const gchar  *display_filename,
       g_set_error (error,
                    G_FILE_ERROR,
                    G_FILE_ERROR_NOMEM,
-                           g_dngettext (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "Could not allocate %ld byte to read file \"%s\"", "Could not allocate %lu bytes to read file \"%s\"", (gulong)alloc_size),
+                           g_dngettext (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "Could not allocate %lu byte to read file \"%s\"", "Could not allocate %lu bytes to read file \"%s\"", (gulong)alloc_size),
                    (gulong) alloc_size, 
 		   display_filename);