1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
index 10c41344006..886748d1713 100644
--- a/lisp/replace.el
+++ b/lisp/replace.el
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ It serves as a menu to find any of the occurrences in this buffer.
     (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Occur*"
       (save-excursion
         (set-buffer standard-output)
-        (insert "Lines matching ")
+        ;; We will insert the number of lines, and "lines", later.
+        (insert " matching ")
         (prin1 regexp)
         (insert " in buffer " (buffer-name buffer) ?. ?\n)
         (occur-mode)
@@ -425,6 +426,10 @@ It serves as a menu to find any of the occurrences in this buffer.
         (set-buffer standard-output)
         ;; Put positions in increasing order to go with buffer.
         (setq occur-pos-list (nreverse occur-pos-list))
+        (goto-char (point-min))
+        (if (= (length occur-pos-list) 1)
+            (insert "1 line")
+          (insert (format "%d lines" (length occur-pos-list))))
         (if (interactive-p)
             (message "%d matching lines." (length occur-pos-list)))))))