diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/orphans.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/orphans.pm
index f9ac2cdb2..7c938ef74 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/orphans.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/orphans.pm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sub preprocess (@) {
 		push @orphans, $page;
 	}
 	
-	return gettext("All pages are linked to from other pages.") unless @orphans;
+	return gettext("All pages have other pages linking to them.") unless @orphans;
 	return "<ul>\n".
 		join("\n",
 			map {