diff --git a/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py b/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
index eaee734f75..2e0539610b 100644
--- a/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
+++ b/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import re
 from datetime import date, datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
@@ -194,20 +196,23 @@ def naturaltime(value):
             return _('now')
         elif delta.seconds < 60:
             return ungettext(
-                # Translators: \\u00a0 is non-breaking space
-                'a second ago', '%(count)s\u00a0seconds ago', delta.seconds
+                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
+                # between count and time unit.
+                'a second ago', '%(count)s seconds ago', delta.seconds
             ) % {'count': delta.seconds}
         elif delta.seconds // 60 < 60:
             count = delta.seconds // 60
             return ungettext(
-                # Translators: \\u00a0 is non-breaking space
-                'a minute ago', '%(count)s\u00a0minutes ago', count
+                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
+                # between count and time unit.
+                'a minute ago', '%(count)s minutes ago', count
             ) % {'count': count}
         else:
             count = delta.seconds // 60 // 60
             return ungettext(
-                # Translators: \\u00a0 is non-breaking space
-                'an hour ago', '%(count)s\u00a0hours ago', count
+                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
+                # between count and time unit.
+                'an hour ago', '%(count)s hours ago', count
             ) % {'count': count}
     else:
         delta = value - now
@@ -219,18 +224,21 @@ def naturaltime(value):
             return _('now')
         elif delta.seconds < 60:
             return ungettext(
-                # Translators: \\u00a0 is non-breaking space
-                'a second from now', '%(count)s\u00a0seconds from now', delta.seconds
+                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
+                # between count and time unit.
+                'a second from now', '%(count)s seconds from now', delta.seconds
             ) % {'count': delta.seconds}
         elif delta.seconds // 60 < 60:
             count = delta.seconds // 60
             return ungettext(
-                # Translators: \\u00a0 is non-breaking space
-                'a minute from now', '%(count)s\u00a0minutes from now', count
+                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
+                # between count and time unit.
+                'a minute from now', '%(count)s minutes from now', count
             ) % {'count': count}
         else:
             count = delta.seconds // 60 // 60
             return ungettext(
-                # Translators: \\u00a0 is non-breaking space
-                'an hour from now', '%(count)s\u00a0hours from now', count
+                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
+                # between count and time unit.
+                'an hour from now', '%(count)s hours from now', count
             ) % {'count': count}