diff --git a/Content.Shared/EntityEffects/Effects/Emote.cs b/Content.Shared/EntityEffects/Effects/Emote.cs
index 08cf58c39a..494dc502f5 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/EntityEffects/Effects/Emote.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/EntityEffects/Effects/Emote.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public sealed partial class Emote : EventEntityEffect<Emote>
         if (!ShowInGuidebook)
             return null; // JUSTIFICATION: Emoting is mostly flavor, so same reason popup messages are not in here.
 
-        return Loc.GetString("reagent-effect-guidebook-emote", ("chance", Probability), ("emote", EmoteId));
+        var emotePrototype = prototype.Index<EmotePrototype>(EmoteId);
+        return Loc.GetString("reagent-effect-guidebook-emote", ("chance", Probability), ("emote", Loc.GetString(emotePrototype.Name)));
     }
 }