diff --git a/autotests/messagecontentmodeltest.cpp b/autotests/messagecontentmodeltest.cpp
index b6970a31f..c7e359cce 100644
--- a/autotests/messagecontentmodeltest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/messagecontentmodeltest.cpp
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ void MessageContentModelTest::missingEvent()
 
     QCOMPARE(model1.rowCount(), 1);
     QCOMPARE(model1.data(model1.index(0), MessageContentModel::ComponentTypeRole), MessageComponentType::Loading);
-    QCOMPARE(model1.data(model1.index(0), MessageContentModel::DisplayRole), u"Loading"_s);
+    QCOMPARE(model1.data(model1.index(0), MessageContentModel::DisplayRole), u"Loading…"_s);
 
     auto model2 = EventMessageContentModel(room, u"$153456789:example.org"_s, true);
 
     QCOMPARE(model2.rowCount(), 1);
     QCOMPARE(model2.data(model2.index(0), MessageContentModel::ComponentTypeRole), MessageComponentType::Loading);
-    QCOMPARE(model2.data(model2.index(0), MessageContentModel::DisplayRole), u"Loading reply"_s);
+    QCOMPARE(model2.data(model2.index(0), MessageContentModel::DisplayRole), u"Loading reply…"_s);
 
     room->syncNewEvents(u"test-min-sync.json"_s);
     QCOMPARE(model1.rowCount(), 2);
diff --git a/src/messagecontent/LoadComponent.qml b/src/messagecontent/LoadComponent.qml
index 071f7c3ba..5b59b89db 100644
--- a/src/messagecontent/LoadComponent.qml
+++ b/src/messagecontent/LoadComponent.qml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RowLayout {
 
     Layout.fillWidth: true
     Layout.maximumWidth: Message.maxContentWidth
-    spacing: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+    spacing: 0
 
     QQC2.BusyIndicator {}
     Kirigami.Heading {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RowLayout {
         Layout.fillWidth: true
         verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
         level: 2
-        text: root.display.length > 0 ? root.display : i18n("Loading")
+        text: root.display.length > 0 ? root.display : i18nc("@info Loading this message", "Loading…")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/messagecontent/models/eventmessagecontentmodel.cpp b/src/messagecontent/models/eventmessagecontentmodel.cpp
index beaa5c2e3..c235ac14a 100644
--- a/src/messagecontent/models/eventmessagecontentmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/messagecontent/models/eventmessagecontentmodel.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ void EventMessageContentModel::resetModel()
 
     const auto event = m_room->getEvent(m_eventId);
     if (event.first == nullptr) {
-        m_components += MessageComponent{MessageComponentType::Loading, m_isReply ? i18n("Loading reply") : i18n("Loading"), {}};
+        m_components +=
+            MessageComponent{MessageComponentType::Loading, m_isReply ? i18nc("@info", "Loading reply…") : i18nc("@info Loading this message", "Loading…"), {}};
         endResetModel();
         return;
     }