diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress.py
index 52b9169c6d..16cdace5ce 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class ProgressBarBase(Callback):
         """
         total_val_batches = 0
         if not self.trainer.disable_validation:
-            is_val_epoch = (self.trainer.current_epoch + 1) % self.trainer.check_val_every_n_epoch == 0
+            is_val_epoch = (self.trainer.current_epoch) % self.trainer.check_val_every_n_epoch == 0
             total_val_batches = sum(self.trainer.num_val_batches) if is_val_epoch else 0
         return total_val_batches
 
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class ProgressBar(ProgressBarBase):
         total_batches = total_train_batches + total_val_batches
         if not self.main_progress_bar.disable:
             self.main_progress_bar.reset(convert_inf(total_batches))
-        self.main_progress_bar.set_description(f'Epoch {trainer.current_epoch + 1}')
+        self.main_progress_bar.set_description(f'Epoch {trainer.current_epoch}')
 
     def on_train_batch_end(self, trainer, pl_module, batch, batch_idx, dataloader_idx):
         super().on_train_batch_end(trainer, pl_module, batch, batch_idx, dataloader_idx)