diff --git a/mod/assign/externallib.php b/mod/assign/externallib.php
index 41f74c3c3f9..6f3a1af1ee8 100644
--- a/mod/assign/externallib.php
+++ b/mod/assign/externallib.php
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ class mod_assign_external extends external_api {
                     new external_single_structure(
                         array(
                             'name' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'field name'),
-                            'description' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'field description'),
+                            'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'field description'),
                             'text' => new external_value (PARAM_RAW, 'field value'),
                             'format' => new external_format_value ('text')
                         )
diff --git a/mod/assign/submission/onlinetext/locallib.php b/mod/assign/submission/onlinetext/locallib.php
index 8cd05284fd2..617b9751864 100644
--- a/mod/assign/submission/onlinetext/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/assign/submission/onlinetext/locallib.php
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class assign_submission_onlinetext extends assign_submission_plugin {
      * @return array An array of field names and descriptions. (name=>description, ...)
      */
     public function get_editor_fields() {
-        return array('onlinetext' => get_string('pluginname', 'assignsubmission_comments'));
+        return array('onlinetext' => get_string('pluginname', 'assignsubmission_onlinetext'));
     }
 
     /**