diff --git a/src/components/Thread.jsx b/src/components/Thread.jsx
index 28ccfd3c..24fddb9f 100644
--- a/src/components/Thread.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Thread.jsx
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ const Thread = ({ setBodyStyle }) => {
           <a onClick={handleClickBottom} onMouseOver={(event) => event.target.style.cursor='pointer'} onTouchStart={handleClickBottom}>Bottom</a>
           ]
         </span>
-        {/* "loading" indicator while replycount loads */}
         {comment ? (
           comment.replyCount !== undefined ? (
             comment.replyCount > 0 ? (
@@ -918,11 +917,20 @@ const Thread = ({ setBodyStyle }) => {
                   </select>
                 </span>
                 {comment ? (
-                  comment.replyCount > 0 ? (
-                    <span className="reply-stat">{comment.replyCount} replies</span>
+                  comment.replyCount !== undefined ? (
+                    comment.replyCount > 0 ? (
+                      comment.replyCount === 1 ? (
+                        <span className="reply-stat">{comment.replyCount} reply</span>
+                      ) : (
+                        <span className="reply-stat">{comment.replyCount} replies</span>
+                      )
+                    ) : (
+                      <span className="reply-stat">No replies yet</span>
+                    )
                   ) : (
-                    <span className="reply-stat">No replies yet</span>
-                )) : (
+                    <span className="reply-stat">Loading...</span>
+                  )
+                ) : (
                   null
                 )}
                 <hr />