diff --git a/cinnamon-spices-makepot b/cinnamon-spices-makepot
index a863c6ec..8413813f 100755
--- a/cinnamon-spices-makepot
+++ b/cinnamon-spices-makepot
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def process_po(path_to_po: str, po_info: list, uuid: str) -> CapturedOutput:
         content = po.read()
         content = content.replace('SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.', name)
         content = content.replace('FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.', f'{po_author}, {year}')
+        content = content.replace('#: ', '#. ')
         po.seek(0)
         po.write(content)
         po.truncate()
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ def make_pot(uuid: str) -> CapturedOutput:
         content = content.replace('YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE', '')
         content = content.replace('FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>', '')
         content = content.replace('LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>', '')
+        content = content.replace('#: ', '#. ')
         po.seek(0)
         po.write(content)
         po.truncate()