diff --git a/cms/templates/activation_invalid.html b/cms/templates/activation_invalid.html
index 7f3fbed5a9..d50ed51db4 100644
--- a/cms/templates/activation_invalid.html
+++ b/cms/templates/activation_invalid.html
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 
     <div class="notice notice-incontext notice-instruction has-actions">
       <div class="msg">
-        <h1 class="title">${_('Your account activation is invalid')}</h1>
+        <h1 class="title">${_("Your account activation is invalid")}</h1>
         <div class="copy">
-          <p>${_("We're sorry. Something went wrong with your activation. Check to make sure the URL you went to was correct &mdash; e-mail programs will sometimes split it into two lines.")}</p>
-          <p>${_("If you still have issues, contact edX Support. In the meatime, you can also return to")} <a href="/">{_('the Studio homepage.')}</a></p>
+          <p>${_("We're sorry. Something went wrong with your activation. Check to make sure the URL you went to was correct — e-mail programs will sometimes split it into two lines.")}</p>
+          <p>${_("If you still have issues, contact edX Support. In the meantime, you can also return to {link_start}the Studio homepage.{link_end}").format(
+              link_start='<a href="/">', link_end="</a>"
+            )}</p>
         </div>
       </div>