diff --git a/src/ExportManager.h b/src/ExportManager.h
--- a/src/ExportManager.h
+++ b/src/ExportManager.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QUrl>
 
+#include <KLocalizedString>
+
 #include "PlatformBackends/ImageGrabber.h"
 
 class QTemporaryDir;
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@
     void setGrabMode(const ImageGrabber::GrabMode &grabMode);
     QString formatFilename(const QString &nameTemplate);
 
-    static const QMap<QString, const char*> filenamePlaceholders;
+    static const QMap<QString, KLocalizedString> filenamePlaceholders;
 
     Q_SIGNALS:
 
diff --git a/src/ExportManager.cpp b/src/ExportManager.cpp
--- a/src/ExportManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ExportManager.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QRegularExpressionMatch>
 
-#include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KIO/ListJob>
@@ -519,35 +518,35 @@
     return;
 }
 
-const QMap<QString, const char*> ExportManager::filenamePlaceholders {
-    {QStringLiteral("%Y"), I18N_NOOP2(
+const QMap<QString, KLocalizedString> ExportManager::filenamePlaceholders {
+    {QStringLiteral("%Y"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Year (4 digit)")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%y"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%y"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Year (2 digit)")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%M"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%M"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Month")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%D"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%D"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Day")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%H"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%H"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Hour")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%m"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%m"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Minute")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%S"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%S"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Second")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%T"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%T"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Window Title")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%d"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%d"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Sequential numbering")},
-    {QStringLiteral("%Nd"), I18N_NOOP2(
+    {QStringLiteral("%Nd"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Sequential numbering, padded out to N digits")},
 };
diff --git a/src/Gui/SettingsDialog/SaveOptionsPage.cpp b/src/Gui/SettingsDialog/SaveOptionsPage.cpp
--- a/src/Gui/SettingsDialog/SaveOptionsPage.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/SettingsDialog/SaveOptionsPage.cpp
@@ -131,9 +131,8 @@
     );
     for (auto option = ExportManager::filenamePlaceholders.cbegin();
          option != ExportManager::filenamePlaceholders.cend(); ++option) {
-        helpText += QStringLiteral("<a href=%1>%1</a>: %2<br>").arg(
-                option.key(),
-                i18nc("A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value", option.value()));
+        helpText += QStringLiteral("<a href=%1>%1</a>: %2<br>").arg(option.key(),
+                                                                    option.value().toString());
     }
     helpText += QStringLiteral("<a href='/'>/</a>: ") + i18n("To save to a sub-folder");
     helpText += QStringLiteral("</blockquote>");