diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination-test.js b/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination-test.js
index 6748c7279594..673bb4b4ab40 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination-test.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination-test.js
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ describe('Pagination', () => {
         const pager = mount(<Pagination pageSizes={[5, 10]} totalItems={0} />);
         const labels = pager.find(`.${prefix}--pagination__text`);
         expect(labels.at(1).text()).toBe('0–0 of 0 items');
-        expect(labels.at(2).text()).toBe('of 1 pages');
+        expect(labels.at(2).text()).toBe('of 1 page');
       });
 
       it('should have two buttons for navigation', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination.js b/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination.js
index 2cc859b50fc5..130fbc3b2332 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination.js
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ export default class Pagination extends Component {
     forwardText: 'Next page',
     itemsPerPageText: 'Items per page:',
     pageNumberText: 'Page Number',
-    pageRangeText: (current, total) => `of ${total} pages`,
+    pageRangeText: (current, total) =>
+      `of ${total} ${total === 1 ? 'page' : 'pages'}`,
     disabled: false,
     page: 1,
     pagesUnknown: false,