diff --git a/mod/choice/mod.html b/mod/choice/mod.html
index dc2d975b165..e03894aa801 100644
--- a/mod/choice/mod.html
+++ b/mod/choice/mod.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
if ($usehtmleditor = can_use_richtext_editor()) {
$defaultformat = FORMAT_HTML;
- $onsubmit = "onsubmit=\"copyrichtext(document.form.description);\"";
+ $onsubmit = "onsubmit=\"copyrichtext(document.form.text);\"";
} else {
$defaultformat = FORMAT_MOODLE;
$onsubmit = "";