diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
@@ -642,23 +642,20 @@
           $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_VIEW_POLICY:
         return pht(
-          '%s changed the visibility of this %s from "%s" to "%s".',
+          '%s changed the visibility from "%s" to "%s".',
           $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
-          $this->getApplicationObjectTypeName(),
           $this->renderPolicyName($old, 'old'),
           $this->renderPolicyName($new, 'new'));
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_EDIT_POLICY:
         return pht(
-          '%s changed the edit policy of this %s from "%s" to "%s".',
+          '%s changed the edit policy from "%s" to "%s".',
           $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
-          $this->getApplicationObjectTypeName(),
           $this->renderPolicyName($old, 'old'),
           $this->renderPolicyName($new, 'new'));
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_JOIN_POLICY:
         return pht(
-          '%s changed the join policy of this %s from "%s" to "%s".',
+          '%s changed the join policy from "%s" to "%s".',
           $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
-          $this->getApplicationObjectTypeName(),
           $this->renderPolicyName($old, 'old'),
           $this->renderPolicyName($new, 'new'));
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_SPACE: