diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 5b22af764d..e74ef8314c 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 		}
 		if (count($cit)){
 			foreach ($cit as $i) {
-				echo xmlize( $a->get_baseurl().'/display/'.$a->user['nickname']."/".$i['parent'], $i['author-name'], $i['author-link'], $i['author-avatar'], relative_date($i['created']), t("{0} cited you in a post") );
+				echo xmlize( $a->get_baseurl().'/display/'.$a->user['nickname']."/".$i['parent'], $i['author-name'], $i['author-link'], $i['author-avatar'], relative_date($i['created']), t("{0} mentioned you in a post") );
 			};
 		}