diff --git a/backup/restorelib.php b/backup/restorelib.php
index ecc924e5f42..1121f34ce39 100644
--- a/backup/restorelib.php
+++ b/backup/restorelib.php
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
         //Iteratere while the name exists
         do {
             if ($counter) {
-                $suffixfull = " ".get_string("copy")." ".$counter;
+                $suffixfull = " ".get_string("copyasnoun")." ".$counter;
                 $suffixshort = "_".$counter;
             } else {
                 $suffixfull = "";
diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/moodle.php b/lang/en_utf8/moodle.php
index d2aa2d8f42b..c3d62278f73 100644
--- a/lang/en_utf8/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/moodle.php
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ $string['convertingwikitomarkdown'] = 'Converting Wiki to Markdown';
 $string['cookiesenabled'] = 'Cookies must be enabled in your browser';
 $string['cookiesnotenabled'] = 'Unfortunately, cookies are currently not enabled in your browser';
 $string['copy'] = 'copy';
+$string['copyasnoun'] = 'copy';
 $string['copyingcoursefiles'] = 'Copying course files';
 $string['copyinguserfiles'] = 'Copying user files';
 $string['copyingzipfile'] = 'Copying zip file';