diff --git a/mod/lesson/lib.php b/mod/lesson/lib.php
index 1e74ecd94a7..96931c527b3 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/lib.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/lib.php
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function lesson_update_events($lesson, $override = null) {
                     unset($event->id);
                 }
                 $event->type      = CALENDAR_EVENT_TYPE_ACTION;
-                $event->name      = get_string('lessoneventcloses', 'lesson');
+                $event->name      = get_string('lessoneventcloses', 'lesson', $eventname);
                 $event->timestart = $deadline;
                 $event->timesort  = $deadline;
                 $event->eventtype = LESSON_EVENT_TYPE_CLOSE;