diff --git a/Content.Server/Shuttles/Systems/ThrusterSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Shuttles/Systems/ThrusterSystem.cs
index fb3beac00d..1c04ed673f 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Shuttles/Systems/ThrusterSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Shuttles/Systems/ThrusterSystem.cs
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.Shuttles.Systems
         private void OnThrusterExamine(EntityUid uid, ThrusterComponent component, ExaminedEvent args)
         {
             // Powered is already handled by other power components
-            var enabled = Loc.GetString("thruster-comp-enabled",
-                ("enabledColor", component.Enabled ? "green": "red"),
-                ("enabled", component.Enabled ? "on": "off"));
+            var enabled = Loc.GetString(component.Enabled ? "thruster-comp-enabled" : "thruster-comp-disabled");
 
             args.PushMarkup(enabled);
 
@@ -81,9 +79,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.Shuttles.Systems
 
                 var exposed = NozzleExposed(xform);
 
-                var nozzleText = Loc.GetString("thruster-comp-nozzle-exposed",
-                    ("exposedColor", exposed ? "green" : "red"),
-                    ("exposed", exposed ? "is": "is not"));
+                var nozzleText = Loc.GetString(exposed ? "thruster-comp-nozzle-exposed" : "thruster-comp-nozzle-not-exposed");
 
                 args.PushMarkup(nozzleText);
             }
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/shuttles/thruster.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/shuttles/thruster.ftl
index 8e58f08dfb..94035811c7 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/shuttles/thruster.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/shuttles/thruster.ftl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-thruster-comp-enabled = The thruster is turned [color={$enabledColor}]{$enabled}[/color].
+thruster-comp-enabled = The thruster is turned [color=green]on[/color].
+thruster-comp-disabled = The thruster is turned [color=red]off[/color].
 thruster-comp-nozzle-direction = The nozzle is facing [color=yellow]{$direction}[/color].
-thruster-comp-nozzle-exposed = The nozzle [color={$exposedColor}]{$exposed} exposed[/color] to space.
+thruster-comp-nozzle-exposed = The nozzle [color=green]exposed[/color] to space.
+thruster-comp-nozzle-not-exposed = The nozzle [color=red]is not exposed[/color] to space.