diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/SetupChecks/AppDirsWithDifferentOwner.php b/apps/settings/lib/SetupChecks/AppDirsWithDifferentOwner.php
index cf893ae50dca7..7b70691be241e 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/SetupChecks/AppDirsWithDifferentOwner.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/SetupChecks/AppDirsWithDifferentOwner.php
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ public function run(): SetupResult {
 		$currentUserInfos = posix_getpwuid($currentUser) ?: [];
 		$appDirsWithDifferentOwner = $this->getAppDirsWithDifferentOwner($currentUser);
 		if (count($appDirsWithDifferentOwner) > 0) {
+			// TRANSLATORS %1$s is a newline-separated list of absolute app-directory paths.
 			return SetupResult::warning(
-				$this->l10n->t("Some app directories are owned by a different user than the web server one. This may be the case if apps have been installed manually. Check the permissions of the following app directories:\n%s", implode("\n", $appDirsWithDifferentOwner))
+				$this->l10n->t("Some app directories are owned by a different user than the web server one. This may be the case if apps have been installed manually. Check the permissions of the following app directories:\n%1$s", [implode("\n", $appDirsWithDifferentOwner)])
 			);
 		} else {
 			return SetupResult::success($this->l10n->t('App directories have the correct owner "%s"', [$currentUserInfos['name'] ?? '']));
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/components/AdminDelegation/GroupSelect.vue b/apps/settings/src/components/AdminDelegation/GroupSelect.vue
index 209dedc98a78c..167d60506a9af 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/components/AdminDelegation/GroupSelect.vue
+++ b/apps/settings/src/components/AdminDelegation/GroupSelect.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   - SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 -->
 <template>
+	<!-- TRANSLATORS Placeholder shown when no groups are selected. -->
 	<NcSelect
 		v-model="selected"
 		:input-id="setting.id"
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/components/UserList.vue b/apps/settings/src/components/UserList.vue
index 0cb78e12b0e9a..8c261564608da 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/components/UserList.vue
+++ b/apps/settings/src/components/UserList.vue
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export default {
 				logger.debug(`${this.users.length} total user(s) loaded`)
 			} catch (error) {
 				logger.error('Failed to load accounts', { error })
-				showError('Failed to load accounts')
+				showError(t('settings', 'Failed to load accounts'))
 			}
 			this.loading.users = false
 		},
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/store/index.js b/apps/settings/src/store/index.js
index 2a76f441deb6b..47548477e63a6 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/store/index.js
+++ b/apps/settings/src/store/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const mutations = {
 	API_FAILURE(state, error) {
 		try {
 			const message = error.error.response.data.ocs.meta.message
-			showError(t('settings', 'An error occurred during the request. Unable to proceed.') + '<br>' + message, { isHTML: true })
+			showError(t('settings', 'An error occurred during the request. Unable to proceed. {message}', { message }))
 		} catch {
 			showError(t('settings', 'An error occurred during the request. Unable to proceed.'))
 		}