diff --git a/lib/workers/branch.js b/lib/workers/branch.js
index 8e75b1830162d6a4605d446f0b63d3686624f48b..691d0c1a27b59761310bd763f01fca3fb5ad93af 100644
--- a/lib/workers/branch.js
+++ b/lib/workers/branch.js
@@ -210,11 +210,8 @@ async function updateBranch(upgrades) {
     branch: branchName,
   });
 
-  const upgradeCount = upgrades.length === 1
-    ? '1 upgrade'
-    : `${upgrades.length} upgrades`;
   logger.info(
-    `Branch '${branchName}' has ${upgradeCount}: ${upgrades.map(
+    `Branch '${branchName}' has ${upgrades.length} upgrade(s): ${upgrades.map(
       upgrade => upgrade.depName
     )}`
   );
diff --git a/lib/workers/package-file.js b/lib/workers/package-file.js
index ae1bd98b74982a4f1e9a1dca65f058e434af28a8..630e10c28f9f56e05ab8a1050af5b00c370d8851 100644
--- a/lib/workers/package-file.js
+++ b/lib/workers/package-file.js
@@ -147,11 +147,8 @@ async function findUpgrades(dependencies) {
       dep.config
     );
     if (upgrades.length > 0) {
-      const upgradeCount = upgrades.length === 1
-        ? '1 upgrade'
-        : `${upgrades.length} upgrades`;
       logger.info(
-        `Dependency ${dep.depName} has ${upgradeCount} available: ${upgrades.map(
+        `Dependency ${dep.depName} has ${upgrades.length} upgrade(s) available: ${upgrades.map(
           upgrade => upgrade.newVersion
         )}`
       );
diff --git a/test/api/gitlab.spec.js b/test/api/gitlab.spec.js
index 7a2b2538543921d7696d421fea3f2447fcfd3a67..b4fc7a0a40a1b9129e74a18d535f52c9d69fc684 100644
--- a/test/api/gitlab.spec.js
+++ b/test/api/gitlab.spec.js
@@ -582,12 +582,7 @@ describe('api/gitlab', () => {
     describe('commitFilesToBranch(branchName, files, message, parentBranch)', () => {
       it('creates branch', async () => {
         glGot.mockReturnValueOnce({ statusCode: 404 });
-        await gitlab.commitFilesToBranch(
-          'some-branch',
-          [],
-          'some-message',
-          'parent-branch'
-        );
+        await gitlab.commitFilesToBranch('some-branch', [], 'some-message');
       });
       it('does not create branch and updates file', async () => {
         glGot.mockReturnValueOnce({ statusCode: 200 });