diff --git a/gnucash/report/utility-reports/welcome-to-gnucash.scm b/gnucash/report/utility-reports/welcome-to-gnucash.scm
index c75b4c7339..79b8d5a150 100644
--- a/gnucash/report/utility-reports/welcome-to-gnucash.scm
+++ b/gnucash/report/utility-reports/welcome-to-gnucash.scm
@@ -91,9 +91,12 @@
     (gnc:html-document-add-object! 
      doc
      (gnc:make-html-text 
-      (gnc:html-markup-h2 (format (_ "Welcome to GnuCash ~a !") gnc:version))
-      (gnc:html-markup-p (format
-       (_ "GnuCash ~a has lots of nice features. Here are a few.") gnc:version))))
+      (gnc:html-markup-h2
+       (format #f (_ "Welcome to GnuCash ~a !")
+               gnc:version))
+      (gnc:html-markup-p
+       (format #f (_ "GnuCash ~a has lots of nice features. Here are a few.")
+               gnc:version))))
     doc))
 
 (gnc:define-report