diff --git a/lang/en/dbtransfer.php b/lang/en/dbtransfer.php
index ca9a20f1ee6..0bd37d5011f 100644
--- a/lang/en/dbtransfer.php
+++ b/lang/en/dbtransfer.php
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ $string['checkingsourcetables'] = 'Checking source table structure';
 $string['importschemaexception'] = 'Current database structure does not match all install.xml files. <br /> {$a}';
 $string['importversionmismatchexception'] = 'Current version {$a->currentver} does not match exported version {$a->schemaver}.';
 $string['malformedxmlexception'] = 'Malformed XML found, can not continue.';
+$string['tablex'] = 'Table {$a}:';
 $string['unknowntableexception'] = 'Unknown table {$a} found in export file.';
diff --git a/lib/dtl/database_exporter.php b/lib/dtl/database_exporter.php
index 4d9b7bb0dfb..5cdc3f28f3b 100644
--- a/lib/dtl/database_exporter.php
+++ b/lib/dtl/database_exporter.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ abstract class database_exporter {
         if ($this->check_schema and $errors = $this->manager->check_database_schema($this->schema)) {
             $details = '';
             foreach ($errors as $table=>$items) {
-                $details .= '<div>'.get_string('table').' '.$table.':';
+                $details .= '<div>'.get_string('tablex', 'dbtransfer', $table);
                 $details .= '<ul>';
                 foreach ($items as $item) {
                     $details .= '<li>'.$item.'</li>';