diff --git a/app/views/profiles/preferences/show.html.haml b/app/views/profiles/preferences/show.html.haml
index d99063e344f..0887e8e64da 100644
--- a/app/views/profiles/preferences/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/profiles/preferences/show.html.haml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         = s_('Preferences|Layout width')
       = f.select :layout, layout_choices, {}, class: 'select2'
       .form-text.text-muted
-        = s_('Preferences|Choose between fixed (max. 1280px) and fluid (100%%) application layout.')
+        = s_('Preferences|Choose between fixed (max. 1280px) and fluid (%{percentage}) application layout.').html_safe % { percentage: '100%' }
     .form-group
       = f.label :dashboard, class: 'label-bold' do
         = s_('Preferences|Default dashboard')
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 61642fbbd59..7dafb389938 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -8299,7 +8299,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Preferences|Behavior"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Preferences|Choose between fixed (max. 1280px) and fluid (100%%) application layout."
+msgid "Preferences|Choose between fixed (max. 1280px) and fluid (%{percentage}) application layout."
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Preferences|Choose what content you want to see on a project’s overview page."