diff --git a/redbot/cogs/warnings/warnings.py b/redbot/cogs/warnings/warnings.py
index 6cca2379669..a4b7a12b016 100644
--- a/redbot/cogs/warnings/warnings.py
+++ b/redbot/cogs/warnings/warnings.py
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ async def warn(
             try:
                 confirm = ConfirmView(ctx.author, timeout=30)
                 confirm.message = await ctx.send(
-                    f"User `{user}` is not in the server but has been found globally. Would you like to ban them instead?",
+                    _("User `{user}` is not in the server. Would you like to ban them instead?").format(user=user),
                     view=confirm,
                 )
                 await confirm.wait()