diff --git a/partials/post-card.hbs b/partials/post-card.hbs
index fb897a3..3f849f3 100644
--- a/partials/post-card.hbs
+++ b/partials/post-card.hbs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ which templates loop over to generate a list of posts. --}}
             </ul>
             <div class="post-card-byline-content">
                 <span class="post-card-byline-author">{{#has author="count:>2"}}Multiple authors{{else}}{{authors}}{{/has}}</span>
-                <span class="post-card-byline-date"><time datetime="{{date format="YYYY-MM-DD"}}">{{date}}</time> <span class="bull">&bull;</span> {{reading_time}}</span>
+                <span class="post-card-byline-date"><time datetime="{{date format="YYYY-MM-DD"}}">{{date}}</time> <span class="bull">&bull;</span> {{reading_time minute=(t "1 min read") minutes=(t "% min read")}}</span>
             </div>
         </footer>
 
diff --git a/post.hbs b/post.hbs
index cbb9cc4..0dd7a0e 100644
--- a/post.hbs
+++ b/post.hbs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ into the {body} tag of the default.hbs template --}}
                         <h4 class="author-name">{{authors}}</h4>
                         <div class="byline-meta-content">
                             <time class="byline-meta-date" datetime="{{date format="YYYY-MM-DD"}}">{{date}}</time>
-                            <span class="byline-reading-time"><span class="bull">&bull;</span> {{reading_time}}</span>
+                            <span class="byline-reading-time"><span class="bull">&bull;</span> {{reading_time minute=(t "1 min read") minutes=(t "% min read")}}</span>
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </section>