diff --git a/mod/lti/lang/en/lti.php b/mod/lti/lang/en/lti.php
index bd699ae4ea4..079dd9a97bb 100644
--- a/mod/lti/lang/en/lti.php
+++ b/mod/lti/lang/en/lti.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Some tool providers support reporting grades back to Moodle based on actions tak
 Note that this setting may be overridden in the tool configuration.';
 $string['action'] = 'Action';
 $string['activate'] = 'Activate';
+$string['activatetoadddescription'] = 'You will need to activate this tool before you can add a description.';
 $string['active'] = 'Active';
 $string['activity'] = 'Activity';
 $string['addnewapp'] = 'Enable external application';
diff --git a/mod/lti/locallib.php b/mod/lti/locallib.php
index 0b8ed0cfd2c..85788fdebaf 100644
--- a/mod/lti/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/lti/locallib.php
@@ -2499,7 +2499,7 @@ function serialise_tool_proxy(stdClass $proxy) {
     return array(
         'id' => $proxy->id,
         'name' => $proxy->name,
-        'description' => $proxy->regurl . ' You will need to activate this proxy before adding a description',
+        'description' => get_string('activatetoadddescription', 'mod_lti'),
         'urls' => get_tool_proxy_urls($proxy),
         'state' => array(
             'text' => get_string('pending', 'mod_lti'),