diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/data.php b/lang/en_utf8/data.php
index 13b869b9d48..69ab29fcca6 100644
--- a/lang/en_utf8/data.php
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/data.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ $string['bynameondate'] = 'by $a->name - $a->date';
 $string['cancel'] = 'Cancel';
 $string['checkbox'] = 'Checkbox';
 $string['chooseorupload'] = 'Choose file';
+$string['columns'] = 'columns';
 $string['commentdeleted'] = 'Comment deleted';
 $string['commentempty'] = 'Comment was empty';
 $string['comments'] = 'Comments';
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ $string['requiredentries'] = 'Required entries';
 $string['requiredentriestoview'] = 'Entries required before viewing';
 $string['resettemplate'] = 'Reset template';
 $string['resizingimages'] = 'Resizing image thumbnails...';
+$string['rows'] = 'rows';
 $string['rssglobaldisabled'] = 'Disabled. See site configuration variables.';
 $string['rsshowmany'] = '(number of latest entries to show, 0 to disable RSS)';
 $string['rsstemplate'] = 'RSS template';
diff --git a/mod/data/field/textarea/mod.html b/mod/data/field/textarea/mod.html
index 5073c097f17..2b8c5f77760 100755
--- a/mod/data/field/textarea/mod.html
+++ b/mod/data/field/textarea/mod.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                 } else {
                     echo('"' . $this->field->param2 . '"');
                 }
-            ?> /> columns
+            ?> /> <?php echo get_string('columns', 'data'); ?>
         </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                 } else {
                     echo('"' . $this->field->param3 . '"');
                 }
-            ?> /> rows
+            ?> /> <?php echo get_string('rows', 'data'); ?>
         </td>
     </tr>
 </table>