diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/forum.php b/lang/en_utf8/forum.php
index 1c184815f25..d148018a1d1 100644
--- a/lang/en_utf8/forum.php
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/forum.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $string['addanewtopic'] = 'Add a new topic';
 $string['advancedsearch'] = 'Advanced search';
 $string['aggregateavg'] = 'Average of ratings';
 $string['aggregatecount'] = 'Count of ratings';
+$string['aggregatecountformat'] = '$a->count (grade: $a->grade)';
 $string['aggregatemax'] = 'Maximum rating';
 $string['aggregatemin'] = 'Minimum rating';
 $string['aggregatenone'] = 'No ratings';
diff --git a/mod/forum/lib.php b/mod/forum/lib.php
index d45365f4d38..673a8f64b07 100644
--- a/mod/forum/lib.php
+++ b/mod/forum/lib.php
@@ -3625,9 +3625,15 @@ function forum_get_ratings_count($postid, $scale, $ratings=NULL) {
     if (($count == 0) && ($scaleused)) {    // If no rating given yet and we use a scale
         return get_string('noratinggiven', 'forum');
     } elseif ($count > $maxgradeidx) {      // The count exceeds the max grade
-        return $scale[$maxgradeidx];
-    } else {                                // Display the grade, eg. '3/10' or 'weak'
-        return $scale[$count];
+        $a = new stdClass();
+        $a->count = $count;
+        $a->grade = $scale[$maxgradeidx];
+        return get_string('aggregatecountformat', 'forum', $a);
+    } else {                                // Display the count and the aggregated grade for this post
+        $a = new stdClass();
+        $a->count = $count;
+        $a->grade = $scale[$count];
+        return get_string('aggregatecountformat', 'forum', $a);
     }
 }