diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
index 2deb7abca..aad1c4f0c 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function ReaderFont:onSetFontHinting(mode)
     self.font_hinting = mode
     self.ui.document:setFontHinting(mode)
     self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("UpdatePos"))
-    Notification:notify(T(_("Font hinting set to %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetFontHinting", mode)))
+    Notification:notify(T(_("Font hinting set to: %1"), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetFontHinting", mode)))
     return true
 end
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ function ReaderFont:onSetFontKerning(mode)
     self.font_kerning = mode
     self.ui.document:setFontKerning(mode)
     self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("UpdatePos"))
-    Notification:notify(T(_("Font kerning set to %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetFontKerning", mode)))
+    Notification:notify(T(_("Font kerning set to: %1"), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetFontKerning", mode)))
     return true
 end
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function ReaderFont:onSetWordSpacing(values)
     self.word_spacing = values
     self.ui.document:setWordSpacing(values)
     self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("UpdatePos"))
-    Notification:notify(T(_("Word spacing set to %1%,  %2%."), values[1], values[2]))
+    Notification:notify(T(_("Word spacing set to: %1%, %2%"), values[1], values[2]))
     return true
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertypeset.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertypeset.lua
index c9e1b9179..e306a66b7 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertypeset.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertypeset.lua
@@ -138,19 +138,27 @@ end
 
 function ReaderTypeset:onToggleEmbeddedStyleSheet(toggle)
     self:toggleEmbeddedStyleSheet(toggle)
-    Notification:notify(T( _("Embedded styles are %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("ToggleEmbeddedStyleSheet", toggle)))
+    if toggle then
+        Notification:notify(_("Embedded styles are on."))
+    else
+        Notification:notify(_("Embedded styles are off."))
+    end
     return true
 end
 
 function ReaderTypeset:onToggleEmbeddedFonts(toggle)
     self:toggleEmbeddedFonts(toggle)
-    Notification:notify(T( _("Embedded fonts are %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("ToggleEmbeddedFonts", toggle)))
+    if toggle then
+        Notification:notify(_("Embedded fonts are on."))
+    else
+        Notification:notify(_("Embedded fonts are off."))
+    end
     return true
 end
 
 function ReaderTypeset:onToggleImageScaling(toggle)
     self:toggleImageScaling(toggle)
-    Notification:notify(T( _("Image scaling set to %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("ToggleImageScaling", toggle)))
+    Notification:notify(T( _("Image scaling set to: %1"), optionsutil:getOptionText("ToggleImageScaling", toggle)))
     return true
 end
 
@@ -161,7 +169,7 @@ end
 
 function ReaderTypeset:onSetBlockRenderingMode(mode)
     self:setBlockRenderingMode(mode)
-    Notification:notify(T( _("Render mode set to %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetBlockRenderingMode", mode)))
+    Notification:notify(T( _("Render mode set to: %1"), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetBlockRenderingMode", mode)))
     return true
 end
 
@@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ local OBSOLETED_CSS = {
 
 function ReaderTypeset:onSetRenderDPI(dpi)
     self:setRenderDPI(dpi)
-    Notification:notify(T( _("Zoom set to %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetRenderDPI", dpi)))
+    Notification:notify(T( _("Zoom set to: %1"), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetRenderDPI", dpi)))
     return true
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
index 4b6132983..f27478ad8 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ function ReaderView:onSetRotationMode(rotation)
     self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetDimensions", new_screen_size))
     self.ui:onScreenResize(new_screen_size)
     self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("InitScrollPageStates"))
-    Notification:notify(T(_("Rotation mode set to %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetRotationMode", rotation)))
+    Notification:notify(T(_("Rotation mode set to: %1"), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetRotationMode", rotation)))
     return true
 end
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ function ReaderView:onSetViewMode(new_mode)
         self.view_mode = new_mode
         self.ui.document:setViewMode(new_mode)
         self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ChangeViewMode"))
-        Notification:notify(T( _("View mode set to %1."), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetViewMode", new_mode)))
+        Notification:notify(T( _("View mode set to: %1"), optionsutil:getOptionText("SetViewMode", new_mode)))
     end
 end