diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.tsx b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.tsx
index e087408425..3c7bd833b7 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.tsx
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ export default class GeneralUserSettingsTab extends React.Component<IProps, ISta
             <div className="mx_SettingsTab_section">
                 <span className="mx_SettingsTab_subheading">{ _t("Account management") }</span>
                 <span className="mx_SettingsTab_subsectionText">
-                    { _t("Deactivating your account is a permanent action - be careful!") }
+                    { _t("Deactivating your account is a permanent action — be careful!") }
                 </span>
                 <AccessibleButton onClick={this.onDeactivateClicked} kind="danger">
                     { _t("Deactivate Account") }
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 3aa40c62e6..71157585d9 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@
     "Spell check dictionaries": "Spell check dictionaries",
     "Agree to the identity server (%(serverName)s) Terms of Service to allow yourself to be discoverable by email address or phone number.": "Agree to the identity server (%(serverName)s) Terms of Service to allow yourself to be discoverable by email address or phone number.",
     "Account management": "Account management",
-    "Deactivating your account is a permanent action - be careful!": "Deactivating your account is a permanent action - be careful!",
+    "Deactivating your account is a permanent action — be careful!": "Deactivating your account is a permanent action — be careful!",
     "Deactivate Account": "Deactivate Account",
     "Deactivate account": "Deactivate account",
     "Discovery": "Discovery",