diff --git a/bin/swift-recon b/bin/swift-recon
index bd2a896eda..4750ea0649 100755
--- a/bin/swift-recon
+++ b/bin/swift-recon
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ def scout_quarantine(host):
     base_url = "http://%s:%s/recon/" % (host[0], host[1])
     url, content, status = scout(base_url, "quarantined")
     return url, content, status
-    
+
+
 def get_ringmd5(ringfile):
     stats = {}
     matches = 0
@@ -208,8 +209,8 @@ def load_check():
         else:
             print "Error: No hosts available or returned valid information."
     print "=" * 79
-    
-    
+
+
 def quarantine_check():
     objq = {}
     conq = {}
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ def quarantine_check():
             high = max(stats[item].values())
             total = sum(stats[item].values())
             average = total / len(stats[item])
-            print "[Quarantined %s] lowest: %d, highest: %d, avg: %d, total: %d" % \
+            print "[Quarantined %s] low: %d, high: %d, avg: %d, total: %d" % \
                 (item, low, high, average, total)
         else:
             print "Error: No hosts available or returned valid information."
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ def main():
     args.add_option('--swiftdir', default="/etc/swift",
         help="Default = /etc/swift")
     options, arguments = args.parse_args()
-    
+
     if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
         args.print_help()
 
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/recon.py b/swift/common/middleware/recon.py
index fc12059eb9..70fee447e6 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/recon.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/recon.py
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ class ReconMiddleware(object):
             for qtype in qcounts:
                 qtgt = os.path.join(self.devices, device, qdir, qtype)
                 if os.path.exists(qtgt):
-                    qcounts[qtype] += os.lstat(qtgt).st_nlink
+                    linkcount = os.lstat(qtgt).st_nlink
+                    if linkcount > 2:
+                        qcounts[qtype] += linkcount-2
         return qcounts
 
     def GET(self, req):