diff --git a/qt/i18n/extract-po-string.py b/qt/i18n/extract-po-string.py
index 7b3b5b6be..d1fcbd677 100644
--- a/qt/i18n/extract-po-string.py
+++ b/qt/i18n/extract-po-string.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import polib
 # extract a translated string from the gettext catalogs and insert it into ftl
 # eg:
 # $ python extract-po-string.py media-check.ftl delete-unused "Delete Unused Media" "", 1
-# $ python extract-po-string.py media-check.ftl delete-unused "%(a)s %(b)s" "%(a)s=val1,%(b)s=val2" 0
+# $ python extract-po-string.py media-check.ftl delete-unused "%(a)s %(b)s" "%(a)s=$val1,%(b)s=$val2" 0
 ftl_filename, key, msgid, repls, dry_run = sys.argv[1:]
 
 replacements = []
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ for (lang, cat) in cats:
                 msg = entry.msgstr
                 if replacements:
                     for (old,new) in replacements:
-                        msg = msg.replace(old, f"{{${new}}}")
+                        msg = msg.replace(old, f"{{{new}}}")
                 print(lang, "has", msg)
                 to_insert.append((lang, msg))
                 break
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ for (lang, cat) in cats:
                 for _k, msg in plurals:
                     if replacements:
                         for (old,new) in replacements:
-                            msg = msg.replace(old, f"{{${new}}}")
+                            msg = msg.replace(old, f"{{{new}}}")
                     adjusted.append(msg)
                 print(lang, "has", adjusted)
                 if len(adjusted) > 1: