diff --git a/src/components/structures/auth/ForgotPassword.tsx b/src/components/structures/auth/ForgotPassword.tsx
index bf9f8fdb709..257f8559f1f 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/auth/ForgotPassword.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/auth/ForgotPassword.tsx
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ export default class ForgotPassword extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                 <div className="mx_AuthBody_fieldRow">
                     <EmailField
                         name="reset_email" // define a name so browser's password autofill gets less confused
-                        labelRequired={_t('The email address linked to your account must be entered.')}
-                        labelInvalid={_t("The email address doesn't appear to be valid.")}
+                        labelRequired={_td('The email address linked to your account must be entered.')}
+                        labelInvalid={_td("The email address doesn't appear to be valid.")}
                         value={this.state.email}
                         fieldRef={field => this[ForgotPasswordField.Email] = field}
                         autoFocus={true}
diff --git a/src/components/views/auth/RegistrationForm.tsx b/src/components/views/auth/RegistrationForm.tsx
index 06ab1852181..81084a48a3b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/auth/RegistrationForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/auth/RegistrationForm.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { MatrixClient } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/client';
 import * as Email from '../../../email';
 import { looksValid as phoneNumberLooksValid } from '../../../phonenumber';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
-import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import { _t, _td } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import SdkConfig from '../../../SdkConfig';
 import { SAFE_LOCALPART_REGEX } from '../../../Registration';
 import withValidation, { IValidationResult } from '../elements/Validation';
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ export default class RegistrationForm extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState
             return null;
         }
         const emailLabel = this.authStepIsRequired('m.login.email.identity') ?
-            _t("Email") :
-            _t("Email (optional)");
+            _td("Email") :
+            _td("Email (optional)");
         return <EmailField
             fieldRef={field => this[RegistrationField.Email] = field}
             label={emailLabel}
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/RegistrationEmailPromptDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/RegistrationEmailPromptDialog.tsx
index 8e406c9dc82..e27672f9987 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/RegistrationEmailPromptDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/RegistrationEmailPromptDialog.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import * as React from "react";
 
-import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import { _t, _td } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import { IDialogProps } from "./IDialogProps";
 import { useRef, useState } from "react";
 import Field from "../elements/Field";
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const RegistrationEmailPromptDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ onFinished }) => {
                 <EmailField
                     fieldRef={fieldRef}
                     autoFocus={true}
-                    label={_t("Email (optional)")}
+                    label={_td("Email (optional)")}
                     value={email}
                     onChange={ev => {
                         const target = ev.target as HTMLInputElement;