diff --git a/wp-admin/categories.php b/wp-admin/categories.php
index 63d42b5107..219c39ff6f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/categories.php
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ cat_rows();
 
 <?php if ( current_user_can('manage_categories') ) : ?>
 <div class="wrap">
-    <p><?php printf(__('<strong>Note:</strong><br />Deleting a category does not delete posts from that category, it will just set them back to the default category <strong>%s</strong>.'), get_catname(1)) ?>
-  </p>
+<p><?php printf(__('<strong>Note:</strong><br />Deleting a category does not delete posts from that category, it will just set them back to the default category <strong>%s</strong>.'), get_catname(get_option('default_category'))) ?></p>
 </div>
 
 <div class="wrap">