diff --git a/data/ui/menus.ui b/data/ui/menus.ui
index 77a3c6cc..9945b0ac 100644
--- a/data/ui/menus.ui
+++ b/data/ui/menus.ui
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <menu id="appmenu">
     <section>
       <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_New Event</attribute>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Add Eve_nt…</attribute>
         <attribute name="action">app.new</attribute>
         <attribute name="accel">&lt;Primary&gt;n</attribute>
       </item>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <menu id="winmenu">
     <section>
       <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_New Event</attribute>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Add Eve_nt…</attribute>
         <attribute name="action">app.new</attribute>
       </item>
       <item>
diff --git a/data/ui/year-view.ui b/data/ui/year-view.ui
index fdf0ac0a..3e0bf5f6 100644
--- a/data/ui/year-view.ui
+++ b/data/ui/year-view.ui
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
           <object class="GtkButton">
             <property name="visible">True</property>
             <property name="valign">end</property>
-            <property name="label" translatable="yes">Add new event…</property>
+            <property name="label" translatable="yes">Add Event…</property>
             <signal name="clicked" handler="add_event_clicked_cb" object="GcalYearView" swapped="yes" />
           </object>
           <packing>
diff --git a/src/gcal-month-view.c b/src/gcal-month-view.c
index df73d10f..5abd128c 100644
--- a/src/gcal-month-view.c
+++ b/src/gcal-month-view.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ gcal_month_view_init (GcalMonthView *self)
   gtk_list_box_set_selection_mode (GTK_LIST_BOX (priv->events_list_box), GTK_SELECTION_NONE);
   gtk_list_box_set_header_func (GTK_LIST_BOX (priv->events_list_box), update_list_box_headers, self, NULL);
   gtk_style_context_remove_class (gtk_widget_get_style_context (priv->events_list_box), GTK_STYLE_CLASS_LIST);
-  button = gtk_button_new_with_label (_("Add new event…"));
+  button = gtk_button_new_with_label (_("Add Event…"));
   g_object_set (button, "margin", 6, "hexpand", TRUE, NULL);
   g_signal_connect (button, "clicked", G_CALLBACK (add_new_event_button_cb), self);