diff --git a/lib/shared/messages/change-role-message-spec.js b/lib/shared/messages/change-role-message-spec.js
index a28966828..537e6d794 100644
--- a/lib/shared/messages/change-role-message-spec.js
+++ b/lib/shared/messages/change-role-message-spec.js
@@ -1,180 +1,177 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import {
   pushTypes,
   type CreateMessageInfoParams,
   type MessageSpec,
   type RobotextParams,
 } from './message-spec.js';
 import { joinResult } from './utils.js';
 import { messageTypes } from '../../types/message-types-enum.js';
 import type {
   MessageInfo,
   ClientDBMessageInfo,
 } from '../../types/message-types.js';
 import {
   type ChangeRoleMessageData,
   type ChangeRoleMessageInfo,
   type RawChangeRoleMessageInfo,
   rawChangeRoleMessageInfoValidator,
 } from '../../types/messages/change-role.js';
 import type { NotifTexts } from '../../types/notif-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from '../../types/thread-types.js';
 import type { RelativeUserInfo } from '../../types/user-types.js';
 import {
   ET,
   type EntityText,
   pluralizeEntityText,
 } from '../../utils/entity-text.js';
 import { values } from '../../utils/objects.js';
 import { notifRobotextForMessageInfo } from '../notif-utils.js';
 
 export const changeRoleMessageSpec: MessageSpec<
   ChangeRoleMessageData,
   RawChangeRoleMessageInfo,
   ChangeRoleMessageInfo,
 > = Object.freeze({
   messageContentForServerDB(
     data: ChangeRoleMessageData | RawChangeRoleMessageInfo,
   ): string {
     return JSON.stringify({
       userIDs: data.userIDs,
       newRole: data.newRole,
     });
   },
 
   messageContentForClientDB(data: RawChangeRoleMessageInfo): string {
     return this.messageContentForServerDB(data);
   },
 
   rawMessageInfoFromServerDBRow(row: Object): RawChangeRoleMessageInfo {
     const content = JSON.parse(row.content);
     return {
       type: messageTypes.CHANGE_ROLE,
       id: row.id.toString(),
       threadID: row.threadID.toString(),
       time: row.time,
       creatorID: row.creatorID.toString(),
       userIDs: content.userIDs,
       newRole: content.newRole,
     };
   },
 
   rawMessageInfoFromClientDB(
     clientDBMessageInfo: ClientDBMessageInfo,
   ): RawChangeRoleMessageInfo {
     invariant(
       clientDBMessageInfo.content !== undefined &&
         clientDBMessageInfo.content !== null,
       'content must be defined for ChangeRole',
     );
     const content = JSON.parse(clientDBMessageInfo.content);
     const rawChangeRoleMessageInfo: RawChangeRoleMessageInfo = {
       type: messageTypes.CHANGE_ROLE,
       id: clientDBMessageInfo.id,
       threadID: clientDBMessageInfo.thread,
       time: parseInt(clientDBMessageInfo.time),
       creatorID: clientDBMessageInfo.user,
       userIDs: content.userIDs,
       newRole: content.newRole,
     };
     return rawChangeRoleMessageInfo;
   },
 
   createMessageInfo(
     rawMessageInfo: RawChangeRoleMessageInfo,
     creator: RelativeUserInfo,
     params: CreateMessageInfoParams,
   ): ChangeRoleMessageInfo {
     const members = params.createRelativeUserInfos(rawMessageInfo.userIDs);
     return {
       type: messageTypes.CHANGE_ROLE,
       id: rawMessageInfo.id,
       threadID: rawMessageInfo.threadID,
       creator,
       time: rawMessageInfo.time,
       members,
       newRole: rawMessageInfo.newRole,
     };
   },
 
   rawMessageInfoFromMessageData(
     messageData: ChangeRoleMessageData,
     id: ?string,
   ): RawChangeRoleMessageInfo {
     invariant(id, 'RawChangeRoleMessageInfo needs id');
     return { ...messageData, id };
   },
 
   robotext(
     messageInfo: ChangeRoleMessageInfo,
     params: RobotextParams,
   ): EntityText {
     const users = messageInfo.members;
     invariant(users.length !== 0, 'changed whose role??');
 
     const creator = ET.user({ userInfo: messageInfo.creator });
     const affectedUsers = pluralizeEntityText(
       users.map(user => ET`${ET.user({ userInfo: user })}`),
     );
 
     const { threadInfo } = params;
     invariant(threadInfo, 'ThreadInfo should be set for CHANGE_ROLE message');
-    const verb = threadInfo.roles[messageInfo.newRole].isDefault
-      ? 'removed'
-      : 'added';
-    const noun = users.length === 1 ? 'an admin' : 'admins';
+    const roleName = threadInfo.roles[messageInfo.newRole].name;
 
-    return ET`${creator} ${verb} ${affectedUsers} as ${noun}`;
+    return ET`${creator} assigned ${affectedUsers} the \"${roleName}\" role`;
   },
 
   async notificationTexts(
     messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ): Promise<NotifTexts> {
     const membersObject = {};
     for (const messageInfo of messageInfos) {
       invariant(
         messageInfo.type === messageTypes.CHANGE_ROLE,
         'messageInfo should be messageTypes.CHANGE_ROLE!',
       );
       for (const member of messageInfo.members) {
         membersObject[member.id] = member;
       }
     }
     const members = values(membersObject);
 
     const mostRecentMessageInfo = messageInfos[0];
     invariant(
       mostRecentMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.CHANGE_ROLE,
       'messageInfo should be messageTypes.CHANGE_ROLE!',
     );
     const mergedMessageInfo = { ...mostRecentMessageInfo, members };
 
     const robotext = notifRobotextForMessageInfo(mergedMessageInfo, threadInfo);
     const merged = ET`${robotext} of ${ET.thread({
       display: 'shortName',
       threadInfo,
     })}`;
     return {
       merged,
       title: threadInfo.uiName,
       body: robotext,
     };
   },
 
   notificationCollapseKey(rawMessageInfo: RawChangeRoleMessageInfo): string {
     return joinResult(
       rawMessageInfo.type,
       rawMessageInfo.threadID,
       rawMessageInfo.creatorID,
       rawMessageInfo.newRole,
     );
   },
 
   generatesNotifs: async () => pushTypes.NOTIF,
 
   validator: rawChangeRoleMessageInfoValidator,
 });