diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c25dbc7..820e05b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ instead carried by the app description, the git tag, the release, and this file.
 - App store listing: the author's e-mail address is shown.
 - App store listing: the homepage link points to the GitHub repository instead of back to the
   app store page itself.
+- The notification for a location without a successful backup read "No successful backup to …
+  since never" when there had never been one; it now reads "No successful backup to … yet".
 
 ### Fixed
 - 0.9.4 could not open a repository at the root of an SFTP location (empty path): its faster
diff --git a/lib/Notification/Notifier.php b/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
index 3cb9dd9..c1d05ae 100644
--- a/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
+++ b/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ final class Notifier implements INotifier {
 				$notification->setParsedMessage($l->t('Backups stop when the limit is reached. Raise the limit, or let the retention policy remove older backups.'));
 				break;
 			case 'backup_stale':
-				$notification->setParsedSubject($l->t('No successful backup to %1$s since %2$s', [$p['target'], $p['since']]));
+				// 'never' was stored by 0.9.4 and earlier
+				$notification->setParsedSubject(in_array($p['since'] ?? '', ['', 'never'], true)
+					? $l->t('No successful backup to %s yet', [$p['target']])
+					: $l->t('No successful backup to %1$s since %2$s', [$p['target'], $p['since']]));
 				$notification->setParsedMessage($l->t('Check the backup settings and the server log.'));
 				break;
 			case 'security_event':
diff --git a/lib/Service/AlertService.php b/lib/Service/AlertService.php
index 817e78a..ace1dc8 100644
--- a/lib/Service/AlertService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/AlertService.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ final class AlertService {
 		}
 		$this->appConfig->setValueString(Application::APP_ID, $key, date('Y-m-d'));
 		$this->notifyAdmins('backup_stale', 'stale-' . $target->getId() . '-' . date('Y-m-d'),
-			['target' => $target->getName(), 'since' => $last ? date('Y-m-d H:i', $lastTime) : 'never']);
+			['target' => $target->getName(), 'since' => $last ? date('Y-m-d H:i', $lastTime) : '']);
 	}
 
 	private function notifyAdmins(string $subject, string $objectId, array $params): void {