diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
index 9ef8406b7a..10ad4561fa 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const Timeline = {
       return this.timeline.newStatusCount
     },
     newStatusCountStr () {
-      if (this.timeline.flushMarker) {
+      if (this.timeline.flushMarker > 0) {
         return ''
       } else {
         return ` (${this.newStatusCount})`
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
index 365c823634..9d2e1ea1fa 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         {{title}}
       </div>
       <button @click.prevent="showNewStatuses" class="base05 base02-background loadmore-button" v-if="timeline.newStatusCount > 0 && !timelineError">
-        {{$t('timeline.show_new')}}{{timeline.newStatusMsg}}
+        {{$t('timeline.show_new')}}{{newStatusCountStr}}
       </button>
       <div @click.prevent class="base06 error  loadmore-text" v-if="timelineError">
         {{$t('timeline.error_fetching')}}