diff --git a/forms/gridfield/GridFieldAddNewButton.php b/forms/gridfield/GridFieldAddNewButton.php
index 2086b5a5b..126cead36 100644
--- a/forms/gridfield/GridFieldAddNewButton.php
+++ b/forms/gridfield/GridFieldAddNewButton.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class GridFieldAddNewButton implements GridField_HTMLProvider {
 	public function getHTMLFragments($gridField) {
 		if(!$this->buttonName) {
 			// provide a default button name, can be changed by calling {@link setButtonName()} on this component
-			$this->buttonName = _t('GridField.Add', 'Add {name}', array('name' => $gridField->getModelClass()));
+			$this->buttonName = _t('GridField.Add', 'Add {name}', array('name' => singleton($gridField->getModelClass())->singular_name()));
 		}
 
 		$data = new ArrayData(array(