diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index 7fd4281..e461a90 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -1198,8 +1198,8 @@ class Interface(object):
 
         interval = self._options[self.NAMESPACE]['refresh_interval']
         _log.debug('Queueing next refresh in %d minutes', interval)
-        self._update_statusbar('%d new messages retrieved. Next update in ' \
-                '%d minutes.' % (len(results), interval))
+        self._update_statusbar('New messages retrieved. Next update in ' \
+                '%d minutes.' % (interval))
         self._refresh_id = gobject.timeout_add(
                 interval * 60 * 1000,
                 self._refresh, None)