diff --git a/mod/assign/lang/en/assign.php b/mod/assign/lang/en/assign.php
index 94801299752..5bed674f145 100644
--- a/mod/assign/lang/en/assign.php
+++ b/mod/assign/lang/en/assign.php
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ $string['expandreviewpanel'] = 'Expand review panel';
 $string['extensionduedate'] = 'Extension due date';
 $string['extensionnotafterduedate'] = 'Extension date must be after the due date';
 $string['extensionnotafterfromdate'] = 'Extension date must be after the allow submissions from date';
-$string['fixrescalednullgrades'] = 'This assignment contains some erroneous grades. You can <a href="{$a->link}">automatically repair</a> these grades. This may affect course totals.';
-$string['fixrescalednullgradesconfirm'] = 'Are you sure you want to fix erroneous grades? All broken grades will be removed. This may affect course totals.';
+$string['fixrescalednullgrades'] = 'This assignment contains some erroneous grades. You can <a href="{$a->link}">automatically fix these grades</a>. This may affect course totals.';
+$string['fixrescalednullgradesconfirm'] = 'Are you sure you want to fix erroneous grades? All affected grades will be removed. This may affect course totals.';
 $string['fixrescalednullgradesdone'] = 'Grades fixed.';
 $string['gradecanbechanged'] = 'Grade can be changed';
 $string['gradersubmissionupdatedtext'] = '{$a->username} has updated their assignment submission
diff --git a/mod/assign/tests/behat/rescale_grades.feature b/mod/assign/tests/behat/rescale_grades.feature
index ab0c35f2af2..f02ee722e4a 100644
--- a/mod/assign/tests/behat/rescale_grades.feature
+++ b/mod/assign/tests/behat/rescale_grades.feature
@@ -84,6 +84,5 @@ Feature: Check that the assignment grade can be rescaled when the max grade is c
     And I set the field "Maximum grade" to "50"
     When I press "Save and display"
     And I navigate to "View all submissions" in current page administration
-    # Since the decimal places are always displayed (e.g. 0.00), this will catch any grade. The student should not have one.
-    # We can't just check for - (empty grade) because a negative grade would also have that character.
-    Then "Student 2" row "Grade" column of "generaltable" table should not contain "."
+    # Make sure the student did not receive a negative grade.
+    Then "Student 2" row "Grade" column of "generaltable" table should not contain "-0.50"