diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
index f036ed9c1..e058eb5fb 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   %div.time
     = link_to(how_long_ago(post), status_message_path(post))
     \--
-    = link_to "show comments (xx)", '#', :class => "show_post_comments"
+    = link_to "show comments (#{post.comments.count})", '#', :class => "show_post_comments"
   = render "comments/comments", :post => post 
 
   - if mine?(post)