diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
index eda808faaac6fd7cb6f1d59b8b2f8002d2aa31bc..969a4f4f82d5b4cd02d4afdd585a0b444652d810 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function statistics_node_view($node, $view_mode) {
     if (user_access('view post access counter')) {
       $statistics = statistics_get($node->nid);
       if ($statistics) {
-        $links['statistics_counter']['title'] = format_plural($statistics['totalcount'], '1 read', '@count reads');
+        $links['statistics_counter']['title'] = format_plural($statistics['totalcount'], '1 view', '@count views');
         $node->content['links']['statistics'] = array(
           '#theme' => 'links__node__statistics',
           '#links' => $links,
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.test b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.test
index 125ae6e94efb9f1d36ae03820807186cf9506406..e3ae35c1ecbf49041c2aee0876edeb9ba23790ce 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.test
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.test
@@ -327,12 +327,12 @@ class StatisticsAdminTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertText('node/1', t('Test node found.'));
 
     // Hit the node again (the counter is incremented after the hit, so
-    // "1 read" will actually be shown when the node is hit the second time).
+    // "1 view" will actually be shown when the node is hit the second time).
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $this->test_node->nid);
-    $this->assertText('1 read', t('Node is read once.'));
+    $this->assertText('1 view', t('Node is viewed once.'));
 
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $this->test_node->nid);
-    $this->assertText('2 reads', t('Node is read 2 times.'));
+    $this->assertText('2 views', t('Node is viewed 2 times.'));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class StatisticsAdminTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
 
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $this->test_node->nid);
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $this->test_node->nid);
-    $this->assertText('1 read', t('Node is read once.'));
+    $this->assertText('1 view', t('Node is viewed once.'));
 
     $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/pages');
     $this->assertText('node/' . $this->test_node->nid, t('Hit URL found.'));