diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/repository.php b/lang/en_utf8/repository.php
index 98a2cbe3645..d9186e9da21 100644
--- a/lang/en_utf8/repository.php
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/repository.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ $string['confirmremove'] = 'Are you sure you want to remove this repository plug
 $string['create'] = 'Create';
 $string['createrepository'] = 'Create a repository instance';
 $string['createinstance'] = 'Create a repository instance';
+$string['createxxinstance'] = 'Create \"$a\" instance';
 $string['date'] = 'Date';
 $string['deleterepository'] = 'Delete this repository';
 $string['deleted'] = 'Repository deleted';
diff --git a/repository/lib.php b/repository/lib.php
index ecdcd1f0a24..d683123d173 100644
--- a/repository/lib.php
+++ b/repository/lib.php
@@ -1050,9 +1050,8 @@ abstract class repository {
                 if (!empty($type) && $type->get_visible()) {
                     $instanceoptionnames = repository::static_function($type->get_typename(), 'get_instance_option_names');
                     if (!empty($instanceoptionnames)) {
-                        $instancehtml .= '<li><a href="'.$baseurl.'&amp;new='.$type->get_typename().'">'.get_string('create', 'repository')
-                            .' "'.get_string('repositoryname', 'repository_'.$type->get_typename()).'" '
-                            .get_string('instance', 'repository').'</a></li>';
+                        $instancehtml .= '<li><a href="'.$baseurl.'&amp;new='.$type->get_typename().'">'.get_string('createxxinstance', 'repository', get_string('repositoryname', 'repository_'.$type->get_typename()))
+                            .'</a></li>';
                         $addable++;
                     }
                 }