diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_structures/tinkerers_cache.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_structures/tinkerers_cache.dm
index df12be38db8..a4534b8fb3c 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_structures/tinkerers_cache.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_structures/tinkerers_cache.dm
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
 	if(is_servant_of_ratvar(user))
 		if(linkedwall)
 			if(wall_generation_cooldown > world.time)
-				user << "<span class='alloy'>[src] will produce a component in <b>[(world.time - wall_generation_cooldown) * 0.1]</b> seconds.</span>"
+				var/temp_time = (wall_generation_cooldown - world.time) * 0.1
+				user << "<span class='alloy'>[src] will produce a component in <b>[temp_time]</b> second[temp_time == 1 ? "":"s"].</span>"
 			else
 				user << "<span class='brass'>[src] is about to produce a component!</span>"
 		else if(anchored)