diff --git a/counts.py b/counts.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1cdeb49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/counts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from polib import pofile
+
+
+def _count(pot) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    pot = pofile(pot)
+    word_count = 0
+    for entry in pot:
+        word_count += len(entry.msgid.split())
+    return len(pot), word_count
+
+
+def get_counts(dir: Path) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    total_string_count = 0
+    total_word_count = 0
+    for root, dirs, files in dir.walk():
+        for file in files:
+            if file.endswith('.pot'):
+                pot = root.joinpath(file)
+                strings, words = _count(pot.read_text())
+                total_string_count += strings
+                total_word_count += words
+    return total_string_count, total_word_count
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(
+        get_counts(Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('clones/cpython/Doc/build/gettext'))
+    )
diff --git a/generate.py b/generate.py
index f773848b3..5df32e98a 100644
--- a/generate.py
+++ b/generate.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 import build_status
 import contribute
 from completion import branches_from_devguide, get_completion, TranslatorsData
+from counts import get_counts
 from repositories import Language, get_languages_and_repos
-from word_count import get_word_count
 
 generation_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class LanguageProjectData:
         completion_progress=(completion_progress := list(get_completion_progress())),
         generation_time=generation_time,
         duration=(datetime.now(timezone.utc) - generation_time).seconds,
-        word_count=get_word_count(Path('clones', 'cpython', 'Doc', 'build', 'gettext')),
+        counts=get_counts(Path('clones', 'cpython', 'Doc', 'build', 'gettext')),
     )
 
     Path('index.html').write_text(output)
diff --git a/template.html.jinja b/template.html.jinja
index 676f83117..18575b9f0 100644
--- a/template.html.jinja
+++ b/template.html.jinja
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ main | <a href="metadata.html" target="_self">meta</a>
 <p>* the number in parentheses shows change in the last 30 days, included in the total completion</p>
 <p>
 Currently being translated into {{ completion_progress|length }} languages.
-The documentation has a total word count of {{ '{:,}'.format(word_count) }}.
+The documentation has a total string count of {{ '{:,}'.format(counts[0]) }} ({{ '{:,}'.format(counts[1]) }} words).
 For more information about translations, see the <a href="https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translating/">Python Developer’s Guide</a>.
 </p>
 <hr>
diff --git a/word_count.py b/word_count.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b7c9f1972..000000000
--- a/word_count.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from polib import pofile
-
-
-def _count_words(pot) -> int:
-    pot = pofile(pot)
-    word_count = 0
-    for entry in pot:
-        word_count += len(entry.msgid.split())
-    return word_count
-
-
-def get_word_count(dir) -> int:
-    total_word_count = 0
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir):
-        for file in files:
-            if file.endswith('.pot'):
-                pot = os.path.join(root, file)
-                total_word_count += _count_words(pot)
-    return total_word_count