diff --git a/common/static/coffee/spec/discussion/view/discussion_view_spec_helper.coffee b/common/static/coffee/spec/discussion/view/discussion_view_spec_helper.coffee
index b53f1612f4..26ce947e92 100644
--- a/common/static/coffee/spec/discussion/view/discussion_view_spec_helper.coffee
+++ b/common/static/coffee/spec/discussion/view/discussion_view_spec_helper.coffee
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class @DiscussionViewSpecHelper
         expect(button.hasClass("is-checked")).toBe(user.voted(model))
         expect(button.attr("aria-checked")).toEqual(user.voted(model).toString())
         expect(button.find(".vote-count").text()).toMatch("^#{model.get('votes').up_count} Votes?$")
-        expect(button.find(".sr.js-sr-vote-count").text()).toMatch("^currently #{model.get('votes').up_count} votes?$")
+        expect(button.find(".sr.js-sr-vote-count").text()).toMatch("^there are currently #{model.get('votes').up_count} votes?$")
 
     @checkRenderVote = (view, model) ->
         view.render()
diff --git a/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_content_view.coffee b/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_content_view.coffee
index bd92462615..69dd205a57 100644
--- a/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_content_view.coffee
+++ b/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_content_view.coffee
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if Backbone?
         numVotes = votes.up_count
         button.find(".js-sr-vote-count").html(
           interpolate(
-            ngettext("currently %(numVotes)s vote", "currently %(numVotes)s votes", numVotes),
+            ngettext("there is currently %(numVotes)s vote", "there are currently %(numVotes)s votes", numVotes),
             {numVotes: numVotes},
             true
           )
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
index 97643c5b58..66f1404fa8 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ ${primaryAction("follow", "star", _("Follow"), _("Follow"), _("Unfollow"))}
         </span>
         <a href="#" class="action-button action-vote" role="checkbox" aria-checked="false">
             ## Vote counts are populated by JS
-            <span class="sr">${_("Vote")}</span>
+            <span class="sr">${_("Vote for this post,")}&nbsp;</span>
             <span class="sr js-sr-vote-count"></span>
 
             <span class="action-label" aria-hidden="true">