diff --git a/addons/web/i18n/web.pot b/addons/web/i18n/web.pot
index e8405f4f6dd..f4441473390 100644
--- a/addons/web/i18n/web.pot
+++ b/addons/web/i18n/web.pot
@@ -1048,9 +1048,9 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: web
 #. openerp-web
-#: code:addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot_view.js:808
+#: code:addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot_view.js:821
 #, python-format
-msgid "For Excel compatibility, data cannot be exported if there is more than 256 columns.\n"
+msgid "For Excel compatibility, data cannot be exported if there are more than 256 columns.\n"
 "\n"
 "Tip: try to flip axis, filter further or reduce the number of measures."
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot_view.js
index 83e75faf9a6..f0fd2eaa0b8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot_view.js
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ var PivotView = View.extend({
             title: this.title,
         };
         if(table.measure_row.length + 1 > 256) {
-            c.show_message(_t("For Excel compatibility, data cannot be exported if there is more than 256 columns.\n\nTip: try to flip axis, filter further or reduce the number of measures."));
+            c.show_message(_t("For Excel compatibility, data cannot be exported if there are more than 256 columns.\n\nTip: try to flip axis, filter further or reduce the number of measures."));
             return;
         }
         session.get_file({