diff --git a/web/request_vacate.php b/web/request_vacate.php
index 7c6965f..8d9876e 100644
--- a/web/request_vacate.php
+++ b/web/request_vacate.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <div id="request_vacate">
         <input type="hidden" name="id" value="'.$booking->userid.'" />
         <input type="hidden" name="sesskey" value="'.sesskey().'" />';
-    print_textarea(true, 15, 350, 0, 0, 'message', get_string('requestvacatemessage_html', 'block_mrbs', $messagelang));
+    echo $OUTPUT->print_textarea("message", "request_vacate_message", get_string('requestvacatemessage_html', 'block_mrbs', $messagelang), 15, 350);
     echo '<input type="hidden" name="format" value="'.FORMAT_HTML.'" />';
 
     //<textarea name = "message" cols=50 rows=10>'.get_string('requestvacatemessage','block_mrbs',$messagelang).'</textarea>