diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Scaffolds/index.ctp b/lib/Cake/View/Scaffolds/index.ctp
index 456eeb8c6ce..0549b70f942 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Scaffolds/index.ctp
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Scaffolds/index.ctp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ foreach (${$pluralVar} as ${$singularVar}):
 			__d('cake', 'Delete'),
 			array('action' => 'delete', ${$singularVar}[$modelClass][$primaryKey]),
 			null,
-			__d('cake', 'Are you sure you want to delete').' #' . ${$singularVar}[$modelClass][$primaryKey]
+			__d('cake', 'Are you sure you want to delete # %s?', ${$singularVar}[$modelClass][$primaryKey])
 		);
 		echo '</td>';
 	echo '</tr>';
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Scaffolds/view.ctp b/lib/Cake/View/Scaffolds/view.ctp
index 320095af346..8a9102e3e8e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Scaffolds/view.ctp
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Scaffolds/view.ctp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ $otherSingularVar = Inflector::variable($_alias);
 				__d('cake', 'Delete'),
 				array('plugin' => $_details['plugin'], 'controller' => $_details['controller'], 'action' => 'delete', ${$otherSingularVar}[$_details['primaryKey']]),
 				null,
-				__d('cake', 'Are you sure you want to delete') .' #' . ${$otherSingularVar}[$_details['primaryKey']] . '?'
+				__d('cake', 'Are you sure you want to delete # %s?', ${$otherSingularVar}[$_details['primaryKey']])
 			);
 			echo "\n";
 			echo "\t\t\t</td>\n";