diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
index c64152da8..d084ad734 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.ActivityView do
     created_at = activity.data["published"] |> Utils.date_to_asctime()
     announced_activity = Activity.get_create_by_object_ap_id(activity.data["object"])
 
-    text = "#{user.nickname} retweeted a status."
+    text = "#{user.nickname} repeated a status."
 
     retweeted_status = render("activity.json", Map.merge(opts, %{activity: announced_activity}))
 
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view_test.exs
index 1aa533b48..43bd77f78 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view_test.exs
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.ActivityViewTest do
       "id" => announce.id,
       "is_local" => true,
       "is_post_verb" => false,
-      "statusnet_html" => "shp retweeted a status.",
-      "text" => "shp retweeted a status.",
+      "statusnet_html" => "shp repeated a status.",
+      "text" => "shp repeated a status.",
       "uri" => "tag:#{announce.data["id"]}:objectType=note",
       "user" => UserView.render("show.json", user: other_user),
       "retweeted_status" => ActivityView.render("activity.json", activity: activity),