diff --git a/sbin/rcorder/rcorder.c b/sbin/rcorder/rcorder.c
--- a/sbin/rcorder/rcorder.c
+++ b/sbin/rcorder/rcorder.c
@@ -980,9 +980,11 @@
 		fnode->last->next = fnode->next;
 	}
 
-	if (fnode->issues_count)
-		warnx("`%s' was seen in circular dependencies for %d times.",
-		    fnode->filename, fnode->issues_count);
+	if (fnode->issues_count) {
+		warnx("`%s' was seen in circular dependencies %d time%s.",
+		    fnode->filename, fnode->issues_count,
+		    fnode->issues_count > 1 ? "s" : "");
+	}
 
 	DPRINTF((stderr, "nuking %s\n", fnode->filename));
 }