diff --git a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/lang/en/tool_dataprivacy.php b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/lang/en/tool_dataprivacy.php
index da3103045c3..017b5d5e2a7 100644
--- a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/lang/en/tool_dataprivacy.php
+++ b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/lang/en/tool_dataprivacy.php
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ $string['daterequested'] = 'Date requested';
 $string['daterequesteddetail'] = 'Date requested:';
 $string['defaultsinfo'] = 'Default categories and purposes are applied to all newly created instances.';
 $string['deletecategory'] = 'Delete category';
-$string['deletecategorytext'] = 'Are you sure you want to delete the category "{$a}"?';
+$string['deletecategorytext'] = 'Are you sure you want to delete the following category?<p><em>{$a}</em></p>';
 $string['deleteexpiredcontextstask'] = 'Delete expired contexts';
 $string['deletepurpose'] = 'Delete purpose';
-$string['deletepurposetext'] = 'Are you sure you want to delete the purpose "{$a}"?';
+$string['deletepurposetext'] = 'Are you sure you want to delete the following purpose?<p><em>{$a}</em></p>';
 $string['defaultssaved'] = 'Defaults saved';
 $string['deny'] = 'Deny';
 $string['denyrequest'] = 'Deny request';