diff --git a/rating/rate.php b/rating/rate.php
index 2a06de46e20..e0417a4292c 100644
--- a/rating/rate.php
+++ b/rating/rate.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $contextid = null;//now we have a context object throw away the id from the user
 
 if (!confirm_sesskey() || $USER->id==$rateduserid) {
     echo $OUTPUT->header();
-    echo get_string('ratepermissiondenied', 'ratings');
+    echo get_string('ratepermissiondenied', 'rating');
     echo $OUTPUT->footer();
     die();
 }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if ($context->contextlevel==CONTEXT_MODULE) {
 
 if (!$pluginrateallowed || !has_capability('moodle/rating:rate',$context)) {
     echo $OUTPUT->header();
-    echo get_string('ratepermissiondenied', 'ratings');
+    echo get_string('ratepermissiondenied', 'rating');
     echo $OUTPUT->footer();
     die();
 }
diff --git a/rating/rate_ajax.php b/rating/rate_ajax.php
index 5d5da2be24f..331529dae28 100644
--- a/rating/rate_ajax.php
+++ b/rating/rate_ajax.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $contextid = null;//now we have a context object throw away the id from the user
 
 if (!confirm_sesskey() || $USER->id==$rateduserid) {
     echo $OUTPUT->header();
-    echo get_string('ratepermissiondenied', 'ratings');
+    echo get_string('ratepermissiondenied', 'rating');
     echo $OUTPUT->footer();
     die();
 }
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if ($context->contextlevel==CONTEXT_MODULE) {
 }
 
 if (!$pluginrateallowed || !has_capability('moodle/rating:rate',$context)) {
-    $result->error = get_string('ratepermissiondenied', 'ratings');
+    $result->error = get_string('ratepermissiondenied', 'rating');
     echo json_encode($result);
     die();
 }