diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/run-remote-query.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/run-remote-query.ts
index a2184332c4d..ce3bd9fb051 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/run-remote-query.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/run-remote-query.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ async function findPackRoot(queryFile: string): Promise<string> {
   while (!(await fs.pathExists(path.join(dir, 'qlpack.yml')))) {
     dir = path.dirname(dir);
     if (isFileSystemRoot(dir)) {
-      // there is no qlpack.yml in this direcory or any parent directory.
+      // there is no qlpack.yml in this directory or any parent directory.
       // just use the query file's directory as the pack root.
       return path.dirname(queryFile);
     }
@@ -349,36 +349,44 @@ async function runRemoteQueriesApiRequest(
 const eol = os.EOL;
 const eol2 = os.EOL + os.EOL;
 
+/**
+ * Returns "N repository" if N is one, "N repositories" otherwise.
+ */
+function pluralizeRepositories(numRepositories: number) {
+  return `${numRepositories} ${numRepositories === 1 ? 'repository' : 'repositories'}`;
+}
+
 // exported for testing only
 export function parseResponse(owner: string, repo: string, response: QueriesResponse) {
   const repositoriesQueried = response.repositories_queried;
   const numRepositoriesQueried = repositoriesQueried.length;
 
-  const popupMessage = `Successfully scheduled runs on ${numRepositoriesQueried} repositories. [Click here to see the progress](https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/actions/runs/${response.workflow_run_id}).`
+  const popupMessage = `Successfully scheduled runs on ${pluralizeRepositories(numRepositoriesQueried)}. [Click here to see the progress](https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/actions/runs/${response.workflow_run_id}).`
     + (response.errors ? `${eol2}Some repositories could not be scheduled. See extension log for details.` : '');
 
-  let logMessage = `Successfully scheduled runs on ${numRepositoriesQueried} repositories. See https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/actions/runs/${response.workflow_run_id}.`;
+  let logMessage = `Successfully scheduled runs on ${pluralizeRepositories(numRepositoriesQueried)}. See https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/actions/runs/${response.workflow_run_id}.`;
   logMessage += `${eol2}Repositories queried:${eol}${repositoriesQueried.join(', ')}`;
   if (response.errors) {
     const { invalid_repositories, repositories_without_database, private_repositories, cutoff_repositories, cutoff_repositories_count } = response.errors;
     logMessage += `${eol2}Some repositories could not be scheduled.`;
     if (invalid_repositories?.length) {
-      logMessage += `${eol2}${invalid_repositories.length} repositories were invalid and could not be found:${eol}${invalid_repositories.join(', ')}`;
+      logMessage += `${eol2}${pluralizeRepositories(invalid_repositories.length)} invalid and could not be found:${eol}${invalid_repositories.join(', ')}`;
     }
     if (repositories_without_database?.length) {
-      logMessage += `${eol2}${repositories_without_database.length} repositories did not have a CodeQL database available:${eol}${repositories_without_database.join(', ')}`;
+      logMessage += `${eol2}${pluralizeRepositories(repositories_without_database.length)} did not have a CodeQL database available:${eol}${repositories_without_database.join(', ')}`;
       logMessage += `${eol}For each public repository that has not yet been added to the database service, we will try to create a database next time the store is updated.`;
     }
     if (private_repositories?.length) {
-      logMessage += `${eol2}${private_repositories.length} repositories are not public:${eol}${private_repositories.join(', ')}`;
+      logMessage += `${eol2}${pluralizeRepositories(private_repositories.length)} not public:${eol}${private_repositories.join(', ')}`;
       logMessage += `${eol}When using a public controller repository, only public repositories can be queried.`;
     }
     if (cutoff_repositories_count) {
-      logMessage += `${eol2}${cutoff_repositories_count} repositories over the limit for a single request`;
+      logMessage += `${eol2}${pluralizeRepositories(cutoff_repositories_count)} over the limit for a single request`;
       if (cutoff_repositories) {
         logMessage += `:${eol}${cutoff_repositories.join(', ')}`;
         if (cutoff_repositories_count !== cutoff_repositories.length) {
-          logMessage += `${eol}...${eol}And ${cutoff_repositories_count - cutoff_repositories.length} more repositrories.`;
+          const moreRepositories = cutoff_repositories_count - cutoff_repositories.length;
+          logMessage += `${eol}...${eol}And another ${pluralizeRepositories(moreRepositories)}.`;
         }
       } else {
         logMessage += '.';
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/no-workspace/remote-queries/run-remote-query.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/no-workspace/remote-queries/run-remote-query.test.ts
index 5525aa2dc8b..b8b1785eec4 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/no-workspace/remote-queries/run-remote-query.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/no-workspace/remote-queries/run-remote-query.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('run-remote-query', () => {
           '',
           'Some repositories could not be scheduled.',
           '',
-          '2 repositories were invalid and could not be found:',
+          '2 repositories invalid and could not be found:',
           'e/f, g/h'].join(os.EOL)
       );
     });
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe('run-remote-query', () => {
           '',
           'Some repositories could not be scheduled.',
           '',
-          '2 repositories are not public:',
+          '2 repositories not public:',
           'e/f, g/h',
           'When using a public controller repository, only public repositories can be queried.'].join(os.EOL)
       );
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ describe('run-remote-query', () => {
           '',
           'Some repositories could not be scheduled.',
           '',
-          '2 repositories were invalid and could not be found:',
+          '2 repositories invalid and could not be found:',
           'e/f, g/h',
           '',
           '2 repositories did not have a CodeQL database available:',
@@ -189,5 +189,50 @@ describe('run-remote-query', () => {
           'For each public repository that has not yet been added to the database service, we will try to create a database next time the store is updated.'].join(os.EOL)
       );
     });
+
+    it('should parse a response with one repo of each category, and not pluralize "repositories"', () => {
+      const result = parseResponse('org', 'name', {
+        workflow_run_id: 123,
+        repositories_queried: ['a/b'],
+        errors: {
+          private_repositories: ['e/f'],
+          cutoff_repositories: ['i/j'],
+          cutoff_repositories_count: 1,
+          invalid_repositories: ['m/n'],
+          repositories_without_database: ['q/r'],
+        }
+      });
+
+      expect(result.popupMessage).to.equal(
+        ['Successfully scheduled runs on 1 repository. [Click here to see the progress](https://github.com/org/name/actions/runs/123).',
+          '',
+          'Some repositories could not be scheduled. See extension log for details.'].join(os.EOL)
+      );
+      expect(result.logMessage).to.equal(
+        [
+          'Successfully scheduled runs on 1 repository. See https://github.com/org/name/actions/runs/123.',
+          '',
+          'Repositories queried:',
+          'a/b',
+          '',
+          'Some repositories could not be scheduled.',
+          '',
+          '1 repository invalid and could not be found:',
+          'm/n',
+          '',
+          '1 repository did not have a CodeQL database available:',
+          'q/r',
+          'For each public repository that has not yet been added to the database service, we will try to create a database next time the store is updated.',
+          '',
+          '1 repository not public:',
+          'e/f',
+          'When using a public controller repository, only public repositories can be queried.',
+          '',
+          '1 repository over the limit for a single request:',
+          'i/j',
+          'Repositories were selected based on how recently they had been updated.',
+        ].join(os.EOL)
+      );
+    });
   });
 });