diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.js
index c94db59c5..1f0e998d3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   unlisted_long: { id: 'privacy.unlisted.long', defaultMessage: 'Visible for all, but opted-out of discovery features' },
   private_short: { id: 'privacy.private.short', defaultMessage: 'Followers only' },
   private_long: { id: 'privacy.private.long', defaultMessage: 'Visible for followers only' },
-  direct_short: { id: 'privacy.direct.short', defaultMessage: 'Only people I mention' },
+  direct_short: { id: 'privacy.direct.short', defaultMessage: 'Mentioned people only' },
   direct_long: { id: 'privacy.direct.long', defaultMessage: 'Visible for mentioned users only' },
   change_privacy: { id: 'privacy.change', defaultMessage: 'Adjust status privacy' },
 });
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/defaultMessages.json b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/defaultMessages.json
index 7a8af7042..b48495325 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/defaultMessages.json
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/defaultMessages.json
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
         "id": "privacy.private.long"
       },
       {
-        "defaultMessage": "Only people I mention",
+        "defaultMessage": "Mentioned people only",
         "id": "privacy.direct.short"
       },
       {
@@ -3657,4 +3657,4 @@
     ],
     "path": "app/javascript/mastodon/features/video/index.json"
   }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
index e20c5e497..26fc2cb52 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
   "poll_button.remove_poll": "Remove poll",
   "privacy.change": "Change post privacy",
   "privacy.direct.long": "Visible for mentioned users only",
-  "privacy.direct.short": "Only people I mention",
+  "privacy.direct.short": "Mentioned people only",
   "privacy.private.long": "Visible for followers only",
   "privacy.private.short": "Followers only",
   "privacy.public.long": "Visible for all",