diff --git a/question/type/ddimageortext/lang/en/qtype_ddimagetoimage.php b/question/type/ddimageortext/lang/en/qtype_ddimagetoimage.php
index 86cac62e890..4c1b54c7311 100644
--- a/question/type/ddimageortext/lang/en/qtype_ddimagetoimage.php
+++ b/question/type/ddimageortext/lang/en/qtype_ddimagetoimage.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ $string['nolabel'] = 'No label text';
 $string['pleasedraganimagetoeachdropregion'] = 'Your answer is not complete, please drag an image to each drop region.';
 $string['previewarea'] = 'Preview area -';
 $string['previewareaheader'] = 'Preview';
-$string['previewareamessage'] = '<ul><li>Select a background image file.</li><li>Select draggable images.</li><li>And define drop zones by selecting an image that the student must drag to the drop zone and drag it to where the student should drag it to.</li></ul>';
+$string['previewareamessage'] = 'Select a background image file and select draggable images or just enter text that will be made draggable.<br />Then choose a drag item for each \'drop zone\', and drag the drag item to where the student should drag it to.';
 $string['refresh'] = 'Refresh Preview';
 $string['refresh_help'] = 'You may need to refresh the preview display if you upload a file with the same name as an existing file and choose to overwrite the existing file.';
 $string['shuffleimages'] = 'Shuffle Draggable Images';