diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/SecurityRoomSettingsTab.js b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/SecurityRoomSettingsTab.js
index a3d0bac2ba..f4293a60dc 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/SecurityRoomSettingsTab.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/SecurityRoomSettingsTab.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default class SecurityRoomSettingsTab extends React.Component {
             title: _t('Enable encryption?'),
             description: _t(
                 "Once enabled, encryption for a room cannot be disabled. Messages sent in an encrypted " +
-                "room cannot be seen by the server, only be the participants of the room. Enabling encryption " +
+                "room cannot be seen by the server, only by the participants of the room. Enabling encryption " +
                 "may prevent many bots and bridges from working correctly. <a>Learn more about encryption.</a>",
                 {},
                 {
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 8ef0d92601..3ed024f4c0 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
     "Roles & Permissions": "Roles & Permissions",
     "Permissions": "Permissions",
     "Enable encryption?": "Enable encryption?",
-    "Once enabled, encryption for a room cannot be disabled. Messages sent in an encrypted room cannot be seen by the server, only be the participants of the room. Enabling encryption may prevent many bots and bridges from working correctly. <a>Learn more about encryption.</a>": "Once enabled, encryption for a room cannot be disabled. Messages sent in an encrypted room cannot be seen by the server, only be the participants of the room. Enabling encryption may prevent many bots and bridges from working correctly. <a>Learn more about encryption.</a>",
+    "Once enabled, encryption for a room cannot be disabled. Messages sent in an encrypted room cannot be seen by the server, only by the participants of the room. Enabling encryption may prevent many bots and bridges from working correctly. <a>Learn more about encryption.</a>": "Once enabled, encryption for a room cannot be disabled. Messages sent in an encrypted room cannot be seen by the server, only by the participants of the room. Enabling encryption may prevent many bots and bridges from working correctly. <a>Learn more about encryption.</a>",
     "Guests cannot join this room even if explicitly invited.": "Guests cannot join this room even if explicitly invited.",
     "Click here to fix": "Click here to fix",
     "To link to this room, please add an alias.": "To link to this room, please add an alias.",