diff --git a/grade/edit/tree/item_form.php b/grade/edit/tree/item_form.php
index a861bd52036..7f6989f0ec1 100644
--- a/grade/edit/tree/item_form.php
+++ b/grade/edit/tree/item_form.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class edit_item_form extends moodleform {
         $mform->disabledIf('gradepass', 'gradetype', 'eq', GRADE_TYPE_TEXT);
 
         $mform->addElement('text', 'multfactor', get_string('multfactor', 'grades'));
-        $mform->setHelpButton('multfactor', array('multfactor', get_string('multfactor', 'grades'), 'grade'), true);
+        $mform->addHelpButton('multfactor', 'multfactor', 'grades');
         $mform->setAdvanced('multfactor');
         $mform->disabledIf('multfactor', 'gradetype', 'eq', GRADE_TYPE_NONE);
         $mform->disabledIf('multfactor', 'gradetype', 'eq', GRADE_TYPE_TEXT);
diff --git a/grade/edit/tree/lib.php b/grade/edit/tree/lib.php
index e5bb92a2992..1bb23868620 100755
--- a/grade/edit/tree/lib.php
+++ b/grade/edit/tree/lib.php
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ class grade_edit_tree_column_multfactor extends grade_edit_tree_column {
     public function get_header_cell() {
         global $OUTPUT;
         $headercell = clone($this->headercell);
-        $headercell->text = get_string('multfactor', 'grades').$OUTPUT->old_help_icon('multfactor', 'multfactor', 'grade');
+        $headercell->text = get_string('multfactor', 'grades').$OUTPUT->help_icon('multfactor', 'grades');
         return $headercell;
     }
 
diff --git a/lang/en/grades.php b/lang/en/grades.php
index 9cd4fa40d38..248c4f62e00 100755
--- a/lang/en/grades.php
+++ b/lang/en/grades.php
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ $string['moveselectedto'] = 'Move selected items to';
 $string['movingelement'] = 'Moving {$a}';
 $string['multfactor'] = 'Multiplicator';
 $string['multfactor_help'] = 'The multiplicator is the factor by which all grades for this grade item will be multiplied, with a maximum value of the maximum grade. For example, if the multiplicator is 2 and the maximum grade is 100, then all grades less than 50 are multiplied by 2, and all grades 50 and above are changed to 100.';
-$string['multfactorhelp'] = 'Factor by which all grades for this grade item will be multiplied.';
 $string['mypreferences'] = 'My preferences';
 $string['myreportpreferences'] = 'My report preferences';
 $string['navmethod'] = 'Navigation method';
diff --git a/lang/en/help/grade/multfactor.html b/lang/en/help/grade/multfactor.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e5dc5afe6e..00000000000
--- a/lang/en/help/grade/multfactor.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<h1>Multiplicator</h1>
-<p>Factor by which all grades for this grade item will be multiplied, with a maximum value of the maximum grade.</p>