diff --git a/src/TextForEvent.tsx b/src/TextForEvent.tsx
index 09bc2105f99..de34dc07353 100644
--- a/src/TextForEvent.tsx
+++ b/src/TextForEvent.tsx
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ function textForWidgetEvent(event: MatrixEvent): () => string | null {
 
 function textForWidgetLayoutEvent(event: MatrixEvent): () => string | null {
     const senderName = event.sender?.name || event.getSender();
-    return () => _t("%(senderName)s has updated the widget layout", { senderName });
+    return () => _t("%(senderName)s has updated the room layout", { senderName });
 }
 
 function textForMjolnirEvent(event: MatrixEvent): () => string | null {
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 6a22904f310..c983d08c983 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
     "%(widgetName)s widget modified by %(senderName)s": "%(widgetName)s widget modified by %(senderName)s",
     "%(widgetName)s widget added by %(senderName)s": "%(widgetName)s widget added by %(senderName)s",
     "%(widgetName)s widget removed by %(senderName)s": "%(widgetName)s widget removed by %(senderName)s",
-    "%(senderName)s has updated the widget layout": "%(senderName)s has updated the widget layout",
+    "%(senderName)s has updated the room layout": "%(senderName)s has updated the room layout",
     "%(senderName)s removed the rule banning users matching %(glob)s": "%(senderName)s removed the rule banning users matching %(glob)s",
     "%(senderName)s removed the rule banning rooms matching %(glob)s": "%(senderName)s removed the rule banning rooms matching %(glob)s",
     "%(senderName)s removed the rule banning servers matching %(glob)s": "%(senderName)s removed the rule banning servers matching %(glob)s",