diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/status_operation.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/status_operation.ex
index d87d59ef6..b2dc606e1 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/status_operation.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/status_operation.ex
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.StatusOperation do
           %Schema{
             type: :object,
             properties: %{
-              target_language: %Schema{
+              lang: %Schema{
                 type: :string,
                 nullable: true,
                 description: "Translation target language."
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller.ex
index 9d40e0c30..cec35d7e2 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller.ex
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusController do
          {:visibility, visibility} when visibility in ["public", "unlisted"] <-
            {:visibility, Visibility.get_visibility(object)},
          {:language, language} when is_binary(language) <-
-           {:language, Map.get(params, :target_language) || user.language},
+           {:language, Map.get(params, :lang) || user.language},
          {:ok, result} <-
            Translation.translate(
              object.data["content"],