diff --git a/authorcontact.module b/authorcontact.module
index 5ca1f5e..18e9a36 100644
--- a/authorcontact.module
+++ b/authorcontact.module
@@ -100,11 +100,9 @@
 				}
 				// hide form and alert user if the message limit is met
 		        if (!flood_is_allowed('authorcontact', variable_get('contact_hourly_threshold', 3))) {
-			        $block['content'] .= t('<div class="messages status">
-			        						 <em>You cannot send more than %number messages per hour. Please try again later.</em>
-			                                </div>',
-			                                array('%number' => variable_get('contact_hourly_threshold', 3))
-			                             );     
+			        $block['content'] .= '<div class="messages status"><em>' . 
+                                                       t('You cannot send more than %number messages per hour. Please try again later.') 
+                                                     . '</em></div>', array('%number' => variable_get('contact_hourly_threshold', 3)));     
 				}
 		        
 		        else {