diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index b6279d092e..f4e2d7a9c0 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ issues.in_your_repos = In your repositories
 [explore]
 repos = Repositories
 users = Users
+stars_one = %d star
+stars_few = %d stars
+forks_one = %d fork
+forks_few = %d forks
 organizations = Organizations
 search = Search
 go_to = Go to
diff --git a/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl b/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
index 848afd305c..0c466dffaf 100644
--- a/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
 							</a>
 						{{end}}
 						{{if not $.DisableStars}}
-							<a class="text grey flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/stars">{{svg "octicon-star" 16}}{{.NumStars}}</a>
+							<a class="text grey flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/stars" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.TrN .NumStars "explore.stars_one" "explore.stars_few" .NumStars}}">{{svg "octicon-star" 16}}{{.NumStars}}</a>
 						{{end}}
 						{{if not $.DisableForks}}
-							<a class="text grey flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/forks">{{svg "octicon-git-branch" 16}}{{.NumForks}}</a>
+							<a class="text grey flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/forks" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.TrN .NumForks "explore.forks_one" "explore.forks_few" .NumForks}}">{{svg "octicon-git-branch" 16}}{{.NumForks}}</a>
 						{{end}}
 					</div>
 				</div>