diff --git a/lang/en/blog.php b/lang/en/blog.php
index 5f10488ae7b..edf9dab207d 100644
--- a/lang/en/blog.php
+++ b/lang/en/blog.php
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ $string['entrysaved'] = 'Your entry has been saved';
 $string['entrytitle'] = 'Entry title';
 $string['entryupdated'] = 'Blog entry updated';
 $string['evententryadded'] = 'Blog entry added';
-$string['evententryaddeddesc'] = 'Blog entry "{$a->subject}" was created by user with id {$a->userid}';
 $string['externalblogcrontime'] = 'External blog cron schedule';
 $string['externalblogdeleteconfirm'] = 'Unregister this external blog?';
 $string['externalblogdeleted'] = 'External blog unregistered';
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/blog_entry_created.php b/lib/classes/event/blog_entry_created.php
index a78161e29d5..9c2718b3334 100644
--- a/lib/classes/event/blog_entry_created.php
+++ b/lib/classes/event/blog_entry_created.php
@@ -61,22 +61,19 @@ class blog_entry_created extends \core\event\base {
     /**
      * Returns localised general event name.
      *
-     * @return \lang_string
+     * @return string
      */
     public static function get_name() {
-        return new \lang_string("evententryadded", "core_blog");
+        return get_string("evententryadded", "core_blog");
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns localised description of what happened.
+     * Returns non-localised event description with id's for admin use only.
      *
-     * @return \lang_string
+     * @return string
      */
     public function get_description() {
-        $a = new \stdClass();
-        $a->subject = $this->other['subject'];
-        $a->userid = $this->userid;
-        return new \lang_string("evententryaddeddesc", "core_blog", $a);
+        return 'Blog entry "'. $this->other['subject']. '" was created by user with id '. $this->userid;
     }
 
     /**