diff --git a/main/cdr.c b/main/cdr.c
index ce525e20b8..3e85b05fa6 100644
--- a/main/cdr.c
+++ b/main/cdr.c
@@ -984,10 +984,10 @@ static int handle_cli_status(int fd, int argc, char *argv[])
 				nextbatchtime = ast_sched_when(sched, cdr_sched);
 			ast_cli(fd, "CDR safe shut down: %s\n", batchsafeshutdown ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 			ast_cli(fd, "CDR batch threading model: %s\n", batchscheduleronly ? "scheduler only" : "scheduler plus separate threads");
-			ast_cli(fd, "CDR current batch size: %d record%s\n", cnt, (cnt != 1) ? "s" : "");
-			ast_cli(fd, "CDR maximum batch size: %d record%s\n", batchsize, (batchsize != 1) ? "s" : "");
-			ast_cli(fd, "CDR maximum batch time: %d second%s\n", batchtime, (batchtime != 1) ? "s" : "");
-			ast_cli(fd, "CDR next scheduled batch processing time: %ld second%s\n", nextbatchtime, (nextbatchtime != 1) ? "s" : "");
+			ast_cli(fd, "CDR current batch size: %d record%s\n", cnt, ESS(cnt));
+			ast_cli(fd, "CDR maximum batch size: %d record%s\n", batchsize, ESS(batchsize));
+			ast_cli(fd, "CDR maximum batch time: %d second%s\n", batchtime, ESS(batchtime));
+			ast_cli(fd, "CDR next scheduled batch processing time: %ld second%s\n", nextbatchtime, ESS(nextbatchtime));
 		}
 		AST_LIST_LOCK(&be_list);
 		AST_LIST_TRAVERSE(&be_list, beitem, list) {
diff --git a/res/res_features.c b/res/res_features.c
index b1d50e59b5..485dcbc19f 100644
--- a/res/res_features.c
+++ b/res/res_features.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ static int handle_parkedcalls(int fd, int argc, char *argv[])
 		numparked++;
 	}
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&parking_lock);
-	ast_cli(fd, "%d parked call%s.\n", numparked, (numparked != 1) ? "s" : "");
+	ast_cli(fd, "%d parked call%s.\n", numparked, ESS(numparked));
 
 
 	return RESULT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/res/res_realtime.c b/res/res_realtime.c
index 8f382fefde..ee10735763 100644
--- a/res/res_realtime.c
+++ b/res/res_realtime.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int cli_realtime_update(int fd, int argc, char **argv) {
 		return RESULT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
-       ast_cli(fd, "Updated %d RealTime record%s.\n", res, (res != 1) ? "s" : "");
+       ast_cli(fd, "Updated %d RealTime record%s.\n", res, ESS(res));
 
 	return RESULT_SUCCESS;
 }