diff --git a/app/templates/components/message-count-label.html b/app/templates/components/message-count-label.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..532a711d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/components/message-count-label.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% macro message_count_label(count, template_type) -%}
+  {%- if template_type == 'sms' -%}
+    {%- if count == 1 -%}
+      text message
+    {%- else -%}
+      text messages
+    {%- endif -%}
+  {%- elif template_type == 'email' -%}
+    {%- if count == 1 -%}
+      email
+    {%- else -%}
+      emails
+    {%- endif -%}  
+  {%- endif %} sent
+{%- endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/template-statistics.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/template-statistics.html
index 0af34f4ba..1d3f8e2ac 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/template-statistics.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/template-statistics.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, hidden_field_heading, right_aligned_field_heading %}
+{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label %}
 
 <dl>
   {% for item in template_statistics %}
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
       <dd class="column-half">
         <span class="spark-bar">
           <span style="width: {{ item.usage_count / most_used_template_count * 100 }}%"></span>
-          {{ item.usage_count }} {{ 'text messages' if item.template.template_type == 'sms' else 'emails' }} sent
-          
+          {{ item.usage_count }} {{ message_count_label(item.usage_count, item.template.template_type) }}
         </span>
       </dd>
 
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/today.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/today.html
index 859409ba6..be28c2b10 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/today.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/today.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% from "components/big-number.html" import big_number, big_number_with_status %}
 {% from "components/show-more.html" import show_more %}
+{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label %}
 
 <div
   data-module="update-content"
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
     <div class="column-half">
       {{ big_number_with_status(
         statistics.emails_requested,
-        'email sent' if statistics.emails_requested == 1 else 'emails sent',
+        message_count_label(statistics.emails_requested, 'email'),
         statistics.emails_failed,
         statistics.get('emails_failure_rate', 0.0),
         statistics.get('emails_failure_rate', 0)|float > 3,
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
     <div class="column-half">
       {{ big_number_with_status(
         statistics.sms_requested,
-        'text message sent' if statistics.sms_requested == 1 else 'text messages sent',
+        message_count_label(statistics.sms_requested, 'sms'),
         statistics.sms_failed,
         statistics.get('sms_failure_rate', 0.0),
         statistics.get('sms_failure_rate', 0)|float > 3,
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
index d878c4243..2454b63d3 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ def test_should_show_recent_templates_on_dashboard(app_,
         assert len(table_rows) == 2
 
         assert page.find_all('dt')[0].text.strip() == 'Pickle feet'
-        assert page.find_all('dd')[0].text.strip() == '206 messages sent'
+        assert page.find_all('dd')[0].text.strip() == '206 text messages sent'
 
         assert page.find_all('dt')[1].text.strip() == 'Brine Shrimp'
-        assert page.find_all('dd')[1].text.strip() == '13 messages sent'
+        assert page.find_all('dd')[1].text.strip() == '13 text messages sent'
 
 
 def test_should_show_all_templates_on_template_statistics_page(
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ def test_should_show_all_templates_on_template_statistics_page(
         assert len(table_rows) == 2
 
         assert page.find_all('dt')[0].text.strip() == 'Pickle feet'
-        assert page.find_all('dd')[0].text.strip() == '206 messages sent'
+        assert page.find_all('dd')[0].text.strip() == '206 text messages sent'
 
         assert page.find_all('dt')[1].text.strip() == 'Brine Shrimp'
-        assert page.find_all('dd')[1].text.strip() == '13 messages sent'
+        assert page.find_all('dd')[1].text.strip() == '13 text messages sent'
 
 
 def _test_dashboard_menu(mocker, app_, usr, service, permissions):