diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index de60b921e..e3a6c4a57 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
-  packages = ["."]
+  packages = [
+    ".",
+    "english"
+  ]
   revision = "bb3d318650d48840a39aa21a027c6630e198e626"
 
 [[projects]]
@@ -596,6 +599,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "33ea87ef02e7d2e7d83ee02261338e0e89fcd962aab275b2847e158a2631e0a5"
+  inputs-digest = "e630b1d5be6ad07a0dd9c522a17fc628e34c0698e50f1546f0b600cdfdde11f3"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/pkg/backend/display/display.go b/pkg/backend/display/display.go
index e75a33d55..9f9baef82 100644
--- a/pkg/backend/display/display.go
+++ b/pkg/backend/display/display.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize/english"
+
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/apitype"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/diag"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/diag/colors"
@@ -157,7 +159,8 @@ func renderSummaryEvent(action apitype.UpdateKind, event engine.SummaryEventPayl
 	fprintIgnoreError(out, opts.Color.Colorize(
 		fmt.Sprintf("%sResources:%s\n", colors.SpecHeadline, colors.Reset)))
 	fprintIgnoreError(out, opts.Color.Colorize(
-		fmt.Sprintf("    %s%d %s%s\n", colors.Bold, changeCount, cmdutil.Plural("change", changeCount), colors.Reset)))
+		fmt.Sprintf("    %s%d %s%s\n",
+			colors.Bold, changeCount, english.PluralWord(changeCount, "change", ""), colors.Reset)))
 
 	var planTo string
 	if event.IsPreview {
diff --git a/pkg/backend/display/rows.go b/pkg/backend/display/rows.go
index 5b3dde40d..963e96500 100644
--- a/pkg/backend/display/rows.go
+++ b/pkg/backend/display/rows.go
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize/english"
+
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/diag"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/diag/colors"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/engine"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/resource"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/resource/deploy"
-	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/util/cmdutil"
 )
 
 type Row interface {
@@ -336,19 +337,19 @@ func (data *resourceRowData) getInfoColumn() string {
 		// If we are done, show a summary of how many messages were printed.
 		if c := diagInfo.ErrorCount; c > 0 {
 			appendDiagMessage(fmt.Sprintf("%d %s%s%s",
-				c, colors.SpecError, cmdutil.Plural("error", c), colors.Reset))
+				c, colors.SpecError, english.PluralWord(c, "error", ""), colors.Reset))
 		}
 		if c := diagInfo.WarningCount; c > 0 {
 			appendDiagMessage(fmt.Sprintf("%d %s%s%s",
-				c, colors.SpecWarning, cmdutil.Plural("warning", c), colors.Reset))
+				c, colors.SpecWarning, english.PluralWord(c, "warning", ""), colors.Reset))
 		}
 		if c := diagInfo.InfoCount; c > 0 {
 			appendDiagMessage(fmt.Sprintf("%d %s%s%s",
-				c, colors.SpecInfo, cmdutil.Plural("message", c), colors.Reset))
+				c, colors.SpecInfo, english.PluralWord(c, "message", ""), colors.Reset))
 		}
 		if c := diagInfo.DebugCount; c > 0 {
 			appendDiagMessage(fmt.Sprintf("%d %s%s%s",
-				c, colors.SpecDebug, cmdutil.Plural("debug", c), colors.Reset))
+				c, colors.SpecDebug, english.PluralWord(c, "debug", ""), colors.Reset))
 		}
 	} else {
 		// If we're not totally done, and we're in the tree-view, just print out the worst diagnostic next to the
diff --git a/pkg/util/cmdutil/diag.go b/pkg/util/cmdutil/diag.go
index f43982c2b..0df723ef2 100644
--- a/pkg/util/cmdutil/diag.go
+++ b/pkg/util/cmdutil/diag.go
@@ -67,11 +67,3 @@ func InitDiag(opts diag.FormatOptions) {
 	contract.Assertf(snk == nil, "Cannot initialize diagnostics sink more than once")
 	snk = diag.DefaultSink(os.Stdout, os.Stderr, opts)
 }
-
-// Plural uses a dumb pluralization scheme, simply appending an "s", to the given string s if c is not 1.
-func Plural(s string, c int) string {
-	if c != 1 {
-		s += "s"
-	}
-	return s
-}