diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index c0016be1..0dd7286b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
   <footer class="entry-footer">
     <time>{{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }}</time>
     {{ if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }} .
-    {{ .ReadingTime }}{{ i18n "read_time" | default "min read" }}{{ end }}
+    {{ $default_txt := print .ReadingTime " " "min" }}
+    {{ i18n "read_time" .ReadingTime | default  $default_txt  }}{{ end }}
     {{ if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author }} . {{ .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}{{ end }}
   </footer>
   <a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to {{ .Title | plainify }}" href="{{ .Permalink }}"></a>
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 27c79d0d..b104c5f1 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
     <div class="post-meta">
       <time>{{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }}</time>
       {{ if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author }} . {{ .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}{{ end }}
-      {{ if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }} . {{ .ReadingTime }}{{ i18n "read_time" | default "min read" }}{{ end }}
+      {{ if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }} .
+      {{ $default_txt := print .ReadingTime " " "min" }}
+      {{ i18n "read_time" .ReadingTime | default  $default_txt  }}{{ end }}
     </div>
     {{end}}
   </header>