diff --git a/src/components/views/room_settings/UrlPreviewSettings.js b/src/components/views/room_settings/UrlPreviewSettings.js
index 6fb04f3378..7fe4472017 100644
--- a/src/components/views/room_settings/UrlPreviewSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/views/room_settings/UrlPreviewSettings.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 const React = require('react');
 const sdk = require("../../../index");
-import { _t, _tJsx } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import {_t, _td, _tJsx} from '../../../languageHandler';
 import SettingsStore, {SettingLevel} from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 
 
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 </label>
             );
         } else {
-            let str = "URL previews are enabled by default for participants in this room.";
+            let str = _td("URL previews are enabled by default for participants in this room.");
             if (!SettingsStore.getValueAt(SettingLevel.ROOM, "urlPreviewsEnabled")) {
-                str = "URL previews are disabled by default for participants in this room.";
+                str = _td("URL previews are disabled by default for participants in this room.");
             }
             previewsForRoom = (<label>{ _t(str) }</label>);
         }
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 51f23c0968..ee299eee58 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
     "Enable Notifications": "Enable Notifications",
     "You have <a>enabled</a> URL previews by default.": "You have <a>enabled</a> URL previews by default.",
     "You have <a>disabled</a> URL previews by default.": "You have <a>disabled</a> URL previews by default.",
+    "URL previews are enabled by default for participants in this room.": "URL previews are enabled by default for participants in this room.",
+    "URL previews are disabled by default for participants in this room.": "URL previews are disabled by default for participants in this room.",
     "URL Previews": "URL Previews",
     "Cannot add any more widgets": "Cannot add any more widgets",
     "The maximum permitted number of widgets have already been added to this room.": "The maximum permitted number of widgets have already been added to this room.",