diff --git a/doom-modeline.el b/doom-modeline.el
index 8804ea4..5f8393b 100644
--- a/doom-modeline.el
+++ b/doom-modeline.el
@@ -682,9 +682,12 @@ directory, the file name, and its state (modified, read-only or non-existent)."
            (when doom-modeline-env-version
              (concat " " doom-modeline-env-version))
            (and (featurep 'face-remap)
-                (> text-scale-mode-amount 0)
                 (/= text-scale-mode-amount 0)
-                (format " (%+d)" text-scale-mode-amount)))
+                (format
+                 (if (> text-scale-mode-amount 0)
+                     " (%+d)"
+                   " (%-d)")
+                 text-scale-mode-amount)))
    'face (if (doom-modeline--active) 'doom-modeline-buffer-major-mode)))