diff --git a/addons/maintenance/i18n/maintenance.pot b/addons/maintenance/i18n/maintenance.pot
index ad2763815f2..5ecb84f45cb 100644
--- a/addons/maintenance/i18n/maintenance.pot
+++ b/addons/maintenance/i18n/maintenance.pot
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: maintenance
 #: model:ir.model.fields,help:maintenance.field_maintenance_equipment_category__alias_id
-msgid "Email alias for this equipment category. New emails will automatically create new maintenance request for this equipment category."
+msgid "Email alias for this equipment category. New emails will automatically create a new equipment under this category."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: maintenance
diff --git a/addons/maintenance/models/maintenance.py b/addons/maintenance/models/maintenance.py
index 7071f33d99b..6b8fd5eb5f4 100644
--- a/addons/maintenance/models/maintenance.py
+++ b/addons/maintenance/models/maintenance.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class MaintenanceEquipmentCategory(models.Model):
     alias_id = fields.Many2one(
         'mail.alias', 'Alias', ondelete='restrict', required=True,
         help="Email alias for this equipment category. New emails will automatically "
-        "create new maintenance request for this equipment category.")
+        "create a new equipment under this category.")
     fold = fields.Boolean(string='Folded in Maintenance Pipe', compute='_compute_fold', store=True)
 
     @api.multi