diff --git a/course/format/classes/output/local/content/cm/cmname.php b/course/format/classes/output/local/content/cm/cmname.php
index 063768f7f66..e5e7e6924cb 100644
--- a/course/format/classes/output/local/content/cm/cmname.php
+++ b/course/format/classes/output/local/content/cm/cmname.php
@@ -64,16 +64,20 @@ class cmname implements named_templatable, renderable {
      * @param course_format $format the course format
      * @param section_info $section the section info
      * @param cm_info $mod the course module ionfo
-     * @param bool|null $editable if it is editable (not used)
+     * @param null $unused This parameter has been deprecated since 4.1 and should not be used anymore.
      * @param array $displayoptions optional extra display options
      */
     public function __construct(
         course_format $format,
         section_info $section,
         cm_info $mod,
-        ?bool $editable = null,
+        ?bool $unused = null,
         array $displayoptions = []
     ) {
+        if ($unused !== null) {
+            debugging('Deprecated argument passed to ' . __FUNCTION__, DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
+        }
+
         $this->format = $format;
         $this->section = $section;
         $this->mod = $mod;
diff --git a/course/format/upgrade.txt b/course/format/upgrade.txt
index e284e13ba24..428258c4981 100644
--- a/course/format/upgrade.txt
+++ b/course/format/upgrade.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Overview of this plugin type at http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Course_formats
 === 4.1 ===
 * New \core_courseformat\stateupdates methods add_section_remove() and add_cm_remove() have been added to replace
   the deprecated methods add_section_delete() and add_cm_delete().
+* The 4th param of the core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\cmname construct is now deprecated.
+  The page edition is now detected using the course_format\base:show_editor method as the rest of the
+  core_courseformat outputs.
 
 === 4.0 ===
 * New core_courseformat\base::uses_course_index() to define whether the course format uses course index or not.