diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/routers/tables.py b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/routers/tables.py
index 703565cb5c..726e6e7516 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/routers/tables.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/routers/tables.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import logging
 
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.template import defaultfilters as filters
+from django.utils.translation import pgettext_lazy
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.translation import ungettext_lazy
 from neutronclient.common import exceptions as q_ext
@@ -192,13 +193,18 @@ class RoutersFilterAction(tables.FilterAction):
 
 
 class RoutersTable(tables.DataTable):
+    STATUS_DISPLAY_CHOICES = (
+        ("active", pgettext_lazy("current status of router", u"Active")),
+        ("error", pgettext_lazy("current status of router", u"Error")),
+    )
+
     name = tables.Column("name",
                          verbose_name=_("Name"),
                          link="horizon:project:routers:detail")
     status = tables.Column("status",
-                           filters=(filters.title,),
                            verbose_name=_("Status"),
-                           status=True)
+                           status=True,
+                           display_choices=STATUS_DISPLAY_CHOICES)
     distributed = tables.Column("distributed",
                                 filters=(filters.yesno, filters.capfirst),
                                 verbose_name=_("Distributed"))