diff --git a/_data/locales/en.yml b/_data/locales/en.yml
index 9e76bd3372d..14394a6aec4 100644
--- a/_data/locales/en.yml
+++ b/_data/locales/en.yml
@@ -75,5 +75,9 @@ post:
 
 # categories page
 categories:
-  category_measure: categories
-  post_measure: posts
+  category_measure:
+    singular: category
+    plural: categories
+  post_measure:
+    singular: post
+    plural: posts
diff --git a/_layouts/categories.html b/_layouts/categories.html
index 4e9ce771eb1..88c45b08243 100644
--- a/_layouts/categories.html
+++ b/_layouts/categories.html
@@ -47,10 +47,24 @@
         <span class="text-muted small font-weight-light">
           {% if sub_categories_size > 0 %}
             {{ sub_categories_size }}
-            {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.category_measure }},
+            {% if sub_categories_size > 1 %}
+              {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.category_measure.plural
+                | default: site.data.locales[lang].categories.category_measure }}
+            {% else %}
+              {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.category_measure.singular
+                | default: site.data.locales[lang].categories.category_measure }}
+            {% endif %},
+          {% endif %}
+
+          {{ top_posts_size }}
+
+          {% if top_posts_size > 1 %}
+            {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure.plural
+              | default: site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure }}
+          {% else %}
+            {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure.singular
+              | default: site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure }}
           {% endif %}
-            {{ top_posts_size }}
-            {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure }}
         </span>
       </span>
 
@@ -83,7 +97,14 @@
           {% assign posts_size = site.categories[sub_category] | size %}
           <span class="text-muted small font-weight-light">
             {{ posts_size }}
-            {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure }}
+
+            {% if posts_size > 1 %}
+              {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure.plural
+                | default: site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure }}
+            {% else %}
+              {{ site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure.singular
+                | default: site.data.locales[lang].categories.post_measure }}
+            {% endif %}
           </span>
         </li>
         {% endfor %}