diff --git a/browser/components/preferences/in-content/main.xul b/browser/components/preferences/in-content/main.xul
index c27b2dce9ff8..28c90cd210a5 100644
--- a/browser/components/preferences/in-content/main.xul
+++ b/browser/components/preferences/in-content/main.xul
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@
               accesskey="&ctrlTabRecentlyUsedOrder.accesskey;"
               preference="browser.ctrlTab.previews"/>
 
-    <checkbox id="linkTargeting" label="&newWindowsAsTabs2.label;"
-              accesskey="&newWindowsAsTabs2.accesskey;"
+    <checkbox id="linkTargeting" label="&newWindowsAsTabs3.label;"
+              accesskey="&newWindowsAsTabs3.accesskey;"
               preference="browser.link.open_newwindow"
               onsyncfrompreference="return gMainPane.readLinkTarget();"
               onsynctopreference="return gMainPane.writeLinkTarget();"/>
diff --git a/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/preferences/tabs.dtd b/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/preferences/tabs.dtd
index 12801ce6cd5b..fe8cc9cce7e9 100644
--- a/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/preferences/tabs.dtd
+++ b/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/preferences/tabs.dtd
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 <!ENTITY ctrlTabRecentlyUsedOrder.label       "Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order">
 <!ENTITY ctrlTabRecentlyUsedOrder.accesskey   "T">
 
-<!ENTITY newWindowsAsTabs2.label       "Open links as tabs instead of new windows">
-<!ENTITY newWindowsAsTabs2.accesskey   "w">
+<!ENTITY newWindowsAsTabs3.label       "Open links in tabs instead of new windows">
+<!ENTITY newWindowsAsTabs3.accesskey   "w">
 
 <!ENTITY warnOnCloseMultipleTabs.label      "Warn you when closing multiple tabs">
 <!ENTITY warnOnCloseMultipleTabs.accesskey  "m">