diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
index 4d72f0a8e2..5a8e9fd967 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
 		//get message text, limit it's length.and clean/escape html
 		if(!msg)
-			msg = input(src,"Message:", "Private message to [key_name(recipient, 0, 0)]") as text|null
+			msg = input(src,"Message:", "Private message to [key_name(recipient, 0, 0)]") as message|null
 			msg = trim(msg)
 			if(!msg)
 				return