diff --git a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndexDialog.js b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndexDialog.js
index 5f24fb10fa..bb2cf7f0b8 100644
--- a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndexDialog.js
+++ b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndexDialog.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export default class ManageEventIndexDialog extends React.Component {
             crawlerState = _t("Not currently indexing messages for any room.");
         } else {
             crawlerState = (
-                    _t("Currently indexing: %(currentRoom)s.", { currentRoom: this.state.currentRoom })
+                    _t("Currently indexing: %(currentRoom)s", { currentRoom: this.state.currentRoom })
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 0e39d848d2..0cf2944116 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@
     "If disabled, messages from encrypted rooms won't appear in search results.": "If disabled, messages from encrypted rooms won't appear in search results.",
     "Disable": "Disable",
     "Not currently indexing messages for any room.": "Not currently indexing messages for any room.",
-    "Currently indexing: %(currentRoom)s.": "Currently indexing: %(currentRoom)s.",
+    "Currently indexing: %(currentRoom)s": "Currently indexing: %(currentRoom)s",
     "Riot is securely caching encrypted messages locally for them to appear in search results:": "Riot is securely caching encrypted messages locally for them to appear in search results:",
     "Space used:": "Space used:",
     "Indexed messages:": "Indexed messages:",