diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/TicketController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/TicketController.php
index 136b169..20e1279 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/TicketController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/TicketController.php
@@ -741,12 +741,14 @@ class TicketController extends Controller
 
         if ($handled['unmerged'] !== []) {
             $parts[] = sprintf(
-                '%s %s merged into it and %s been un-merged (status %s) so %s stay usable: %s.',
+                '%s %s merged into it and %s been un-merged (status %s) so %s usable: %s.',
                 count($handled['unmerged']),
                 count($handled['unmerged']) === 1 ? 'ticket was' : 'tickets were',
                 count($handled['unmerged']) === 1 ? 'has' : 'have',
                 Ticket::STATUS_UNMERGED,
-                count($handled['unmerged']) === 1 ? 'it' : 'they',
+                // The verb agrees with the pronoun, so it lives in the same ternary:
+                // "so it stays usable" / "so they stay usable".
+                count($handled['unmerged']) === 1 ? 'it stays' : 'they stay',
                 implode(', ', $handled['unmerged']),
             );
         }