diff --git a/discover/qml/UpdatesPage.qml b/discover/qml/UpdatesPage.qml
--- a/discover/qml/UpdatesPage.qml
+++ b/discover/qml/UpdatesPage.qml
@@ -269,14 +269,14 @@
                                     return i18n("Update to version %1", availableVersion);
                                 } else if (installedVersion && availableVersion) {
                                     // Old and new version numbers
-                                    // This thing with \x9 is a fancy feature in QML text handling:
+                                    // This thing with \x9C is a fancy feature in QML text handling:
                                     // when the string will be elided, it shows the string after
-                                    // the last \x9. This allows us to show a smaller string
+                                    // the last \x9C. This allows us to show a smaller string
                                     // when there's now enough room
 
                                     // All of this is mostly for the benefit of KDE Neon users,
                                     // since the version strings there are really really long
-                                    return i18nc("Do not translate or alter \\x9", "%1 → %2\x9C%1 → %2\x9C%2", installedVersion, availableVersion);
+                                    return i18nc("Do not translate or alter \\x9C", "%1 → %2\x9C%1 → %2\x9C%2", installedVersion, availableVersion);
                                 } else {
                                     // Available version only, for when the installed version
                                     // isn't available for some reason