diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 3e7758759..c6613ca3d 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -6535,7 +6535,7 @@ sub unreachable_warning( $$ ) {
     my ( $ignore, $chainref ) = @_;
     unless ( $ignore ) {
 	if ( $chainref->{complete} ) {
-	    warning_message "Unreachable rule(s) in chain $chainref->{name} have been discarded" unless $chainref->{unreachable_warned}++;
+	    warning_message "One or more unreachable rules in chain $chainref->{name} have been discarded" unless $chainref->{unreachable_warned}++;
 	    return 1;
 	}
     }