diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/upload-link/forbid-upload-list-item.js b/frontend/src/pages/upload-link/forbid-upload-list-item.js
index 77de671bb6..bf39555e75 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/upload-link/forbid-upload-list-item.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/upload-link/forbid-upload-list-item.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
 import { gettext, maxUploadFileSize } from '../../utils/constants';
 
 const propTypes = {
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ class ForbidUploadListItem extends React.Component {
 
   render() {
     let { file } = this.props;
-    let msg = gettext('Please upload files less than {placeholder}M').replace('{placeholder}', maxUploadFileSize);
+    let msg = gettext('Please upload files less than {placeholder}').replace('{placeholder}', Utils.bytesToSize(maxUploadFileSize * 1000 * 1000));
     return (
       <tr className="file-upload-item">
         <td className="upload-name">
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/upload-link/index.js b/frontend/src/pages/upload-link/index.js
index 5adf273ede..66abff8b47 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/upload-link/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/upload-link/index.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class SharedUploadLink extends React.Component {
               <Fragment>
                 <ol className="small text-gray">
                   <li className="tip-list-item">{gettext('Folder upload is limited to Chrome, Firefox 50+, and Microsoft Edge.')}</li>
-                  {maxUploadFileSize && <li className="tip-list-item">{gettext('File size should be smaller than {max_size_placeholder}M.').replace('{max_size_placeholder}', maxUploadFileSize)}</li>}
+                  {maxUploadFileSize && <li className="tip-list-item">{gettext('File size should be smaller than {max_size_placeholder}.').replace('{max_size_placeholder}', Utils.bytesToSize(maxUploadFileSize * 1000 * 1000))}</li>}
                 </ol>
                 <div id="upload-link-drop-zone" className="text-center mt-2 mb-4">
                   <span className="sf3-font sf3-font-upload upload-icon"></span>