diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index c0b0fd0b51..ead582ef50 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
          in the Phone UI. [CHAR LIMIT=32] -->
     <string name="market">Shop</string>
     <!-- The format string for the dimensions of a widget in the drawer -->
-    <string name="widget_dims_format" translatable="false">%1$d \u00d7 %2$d</string>
+    <!-- There is a special version of this format string for Farsi -->
+    <string name="widget_dims_format">%1$d \u00d7 %2$d</string>
 
     <!-- External-drop widget pick label format string [CHAR_LIMIT=25] -->
     <string name="external_drop_widget_pick_format" translatable="false">%1$s (%2$d \u00d7 %3$d)</string>