diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 69cfb29044..53cee057c9 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ archive.title = This repo is archived. You can view files and clone it, but cann
 archive.issue.nocomment = This repo is archived. You cannot comment on issues.
 archive.pull.nocomment = This repo is archived. You cannot comment on pull requests.
 
-form.reach_limit_of_creation = You have already reached your limit of %d repositories.
+form.reach_limit_of_creation_1 = You have already reached your limit of %d repository.
+form.reach_limit_of_creation_n = You have already reached your limit of %d repositories.
 form.name_reserved = The repository name '%s' is reserved.
 form.name_pattern_not_allowed = The pattern '%s' is not allowed in a repository name.
 
diff --git a/routers/repo/repo.go b/routers/repo/repo.go
index 2614389aaa..3832b89971 100644
--- a/routers/repo/repo.go
+++ b/routers/repo/repo.go
@@ -144,11 +144,10 @@ func Create(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if !ctx.User.CanCreateRepo() {
-		ctx.RenderWithErr(ctx.Tr("repo.form.reach_limit_of_creation", ctx.User.MaxCreationLimit()), tplCreate, nil)
-	} else {
-		ctx.HTML(200, tplCreate)
-	}
+	ctx.Data["CanCreateRepo"] = ctx.User.CanCreateRepo()
+	ctx.Data["MaxCreationLimit"] = ctx.User.MaxCreationLimit()
+
+	ctx.HTML(200, tplCreate)
 }
 
 func handleCreateError(ctx *context.Context, owner *models.User, err error, name string, tpl base.TplName, form interface{}) {
diff --git a/templates/repo/create.tmpl b/templates/repo/create.tmpl
index 7d71043c34..ad795387df 100644
--- a/templates/repo/create.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/create.tmpl
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 				</h3>
 				<div class="ui attached segment">
 					{{template "base/alert" .}}
+					{{if not .CanCreateRepo}}
+						<div class="ui negative message">
+							<p>{{.i18n.Tr (TrN .i18n.Lang .MaxCreationLimit "repo.form.reach_limit_of_creation_1" "repo.form.reach_limit_of_creation_n") .MaxCreationLimit}}</p>
+						</div>
+					{{end}}
 					<div class="inline required field {{if .Err_Owner}}error{{end}}">
 						<label>{{.i18n.Tr "repo.owner"}}</label>
 						<div class="ui selection owner dropdown">
@@ -193,7 +198,7 @@
 					<br/>
 					<div class="inline field">
 						<label></label>
-						<button class="ui green button">
+						<button class="ui green button{{if not .CanCreateRepo}} disabled{{end}}">
 							{{.i18n.Tr "repo.create_repo"}}
 						</button>
 						<a class="ui button" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/">{{.i18n.Tr "cancel"}}</a>