diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/query-total/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/query-total/index.php
index 5a8ab76b5d1ef..c78d0498f634f 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/query-total/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/query-total/index.php
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ function render_block_core_query_total( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 				$range_text = sprintf(
 					/* translators: 1: Start index of posts, 2: Total number of posts */
 					__( 'Displaying %1$s of %2$s' ),
-					'<strong>' . $start . '</strong>',
-					'<strong>' . $max_rows . '</strong>'
+					$start,
+					$max_rows
 				);
 			} else {
 				$range_text = sprintf(
 					/* translators: 1: Start index of posts, 2: End index of posts, 3: Total number of posts */
 					__( 'Displaying %1$s – %2$s of %3$s' ),
-					'<strong>' . $start . '</strong>',
-					'<strong>' . $end . '</strong>',
-					'<strong>' . $max_rows . '</strong>'
+					$start,
+					$end,
+					$max_rows
 				);
 			}
 
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ function render_block_core_query_total( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 
 		case 'total-results':
 		default:
-			$output = sprintf(
-				'<p><strong>%d</strong> %s</p>',
-				$max_rows,
-				_n( 'result found', 'results found', $max_rows )
+			// translators: %d: number of results.
+			$total_text = sprintf( _n( '%d result found', '%d results found', $max_rows ), $max_rows );
+			$output     = sprintf(
+				'<p>%s</p>',
+				$total_text
 			);
 			break;
 	}