diff --git a/includes/special/SpecialNotifications.php b/includes/special/SpecialNotifications.php
index 97e94587c..0934a65e0 100644
--- a/includes/special/SpecialNotifications.php
+++ b/includes/special/SpecialNotifications.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class SpecialNotifications extends SpecialPage {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param string $par
+	 * @param string|null $par
 	 * @suppress SecurityCheck-DoubleEscaped Different members of $notifArray being conflated
 	 */
 	public function execute( $par ) {
diff --git a/maintenance/generateSampleNotifications.php b/maintenance/generateSampleNotifications.php
index f47d34ed7..e95c57898 100644
--- a/maintenance/generateSampleNotifications.php
+++ b/maintenance/generateSampleNotifications.php
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class GenerateSampleNotifications extends Maintenance {
 	private function addToPageContent( Title $title, User $agent, $contentText ) {
 		$page = WikiPage::factory( $title );
 		$previousContent = "";
-		$page->loadPageData( 'fromdbmaster' );
+		$page->loadPageData( WikiPage::READ_LATEST );
 		$revision = $page->getRevision();
 		if ( $revision ) {
 			$content = $revision->getContent( RevisionRecord::FOR_PUBLIC );