diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
index ac5da442e9ed949dec5b71df3f1c83ebb0763437..8b8eeae0ffcf40e92a466ef5c7985a1926c4a7d5 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <div class="visibility-tray">
         <span class="text-format">
           <select v-model="newStatus.contentType" class="form-control">
-            <option value="text/plain">Plain text</option>
+            <option value="text/plain">{{$t('post_status.content_type.plain_text')}}</option>
             <option value="text/html">HTML</option>
             <option value="text/markdown">Markdown</option>
           </select>
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages.js b/src/i18n/messages.js
index 300551927ddb1b7eab54b5999033d3336fc8d5fe..bfe0d92b5fc52e4991273c55bf47c91b9f336820 100644
--- a/src/i18n/messages.js
+++ b/src/i18n/messages.js
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ const en = {
       unlisted: 'Unlisted - Do not post to public timelines',
       private: 'Followers-only - Post to followers only',
       direct: 'Direct - Post to mentioned users only'
+    },
+    content_type: {
+      plain_text: 'Plain text'
     }
   },
   finder: {