diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
index 4d4ce0638..b9db33bca 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ class GrampsLocale(object):
     @domain:    The name of the applicable translation file. The default is
                 "gramps", indicating files in LC_MESSAGES named gramps.mo.
 
-    @languages: A list of two or five character codes corresponding to
-                subidrectries in the localedir, e.g. "fr" or "zh_CN".
+    @languages: String with a ':'-separated list of two or five character 
+                codes corresponding to subidrectries in the localedir, 
+                e.g.: "fr" or "zh_CN".
     """
     DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_STR = "default"
     __first_instance = None
diff --git a/gramps/webapp/utils.py b/gramps/webapp/utils.py
index 0d71c624e..5e16243ef 100644
--- a/gramps/webapp/utils.py
+++ b/gramps/webapp/utils.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ from gramps.gen.utils.grampslocale import GrampsLocale
 #FIXME: A locale should be obtained from the user and used to
 #initialize the locale. Passing in lang and language parameters to the
 #constructor prevents querying the environment.
-glocale = GrampsLocale(lang='en_US.UTF-8', languages=['en'])
+glocale = GrampsLocale(lang='en_US.UTF-8', languages='en')
 _ = glocale.translation.gettext
 
 TAB_HEIGHT = 200