diff --git a/modules/mobile/NotificationBadge.js b/modules/mobile/NotificationBadge.js
index 0a55196de..3938845ee 100644
--- a/modules/mobile/NotificationBadge.js
+++ b/modules/mobile/NotificationBadge.js
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ NotificationBadge.prototype.setCount = function ( count ) {
 		count = 100;
 	}
 	this.options.notificationCountRaw = count;
-	this.options.notificationCountString = mw.message( 'echo-badge-count',
+	this.options.notificationCountString = mw.msg( 'echo-badge-count',
 		mw.language.convertNumber( count )
-	).text();
+	);
 	this.render();
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/ui/mw.echo.ui.NotificationBadgeWidget.js b/modules/ui/mw.echo.ui.NotificationBadgeWidget.js
index 308f2f52e..4a4261d06 100644
--- a/modules/ui/mw.echo.ui.NotificationBadgeWidget.js
+++ b/modules/ui/mw.echo.ui.NotificationBadgeWidget.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 
 		unreadCount = this.manager.getUnreadCounter().getCount();
 		cappedUnreadCount = this.manager.getUnreadCounter().getCappedNotificationCount( unreadCount );
-		badgeLabel = mw.message( 'echo-badge-count', mw.language.convertNumber( cappedUnreadCount ) ).text();
+		badgeLabel = mw.msg( 'echo-badge-count', mw.language.convertNumber( cappedUnreadCount ) );
 
 		this.badgeButton.setLabel( badgeLabel );
 		this.badgeButton.setCount( unreadCount, badgeLabel );
diff --git a/modules/ui/mw.echo.ui.PageFilterWidget.js b/modules/ui/mw.echo.ui.PageFilterWidget.js
index 3d7940eb1..8507195b2 100644
--- a/modules/ui/mw.echo.ui.PageFilterWidget.js
+++ b/modules/ui/mw.echo.ui.PageFilterWidget.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		this.populateDataFromModel();
 		this.$element
 			.addClass( 'mw-echo-ui-pageFilterWidget' )
-			.attr( 'aria-label', mw.message( 'echo-specialpage-pagefilterwidget-aria-label' ).text() );
+			.attr( 'aria-label', mw.msg( 'echo-specialpage-pagefilterwidget-aria-label' ) );
 	};
 
 	/* Initialization */