diff --git a/src/Object/EMail.php b/src/Object/EMail.php
index 5985b3f3be..496729a15d 100644
--- a/src/Object/EMail.php
+++ b/src/Object/EMail.php
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ class EMail implements IEmail
 	/**
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
 	 */
-	public function getMessage(bool $text = false)
+	public function getMessage(bool $plain = false)
 	{
-		if ($text) {
+		if ($plain) {
 			return $this->msgText;
 		} else {
 			return $this->msgHtml;
diff --git a/src/Object/EMail/IEmail.php b/src/Object/EMail/IEmail.php
index cd654b9d32..24df41b156 100644
--- a/src/Object/EMail/IEmail.php
+++ b/src/Object/EMail/IEmail.php
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ interface IEmail
 	/**
 	 * Gets the message body of this email (either html or plaintext)
 	 *
-	 * @param boolean $text True, if returned as plaintext
+	 * @param boolean $plain True, if returned as plaintext
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	function getMessage(bool $text = false);
+	function getMessage(bool $plain = false);
 
 	/**
 	 * Gets any additional mail header
diff --git a/src/Util/Emailer.php b/src/Util/Emailer.php
index 9490b5c31a..f2f1edeccb 100644
--- a/src/Util/Emailer.php
+++ b/src/Util/Emailer.php
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ class Emailer
 		                 "Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"{$mimeBoundary}\"";
 
 		// assemble the final multipart message body with the text and html types included
-		$textBody             = chunk_split(base64_encode($email->getMessage()));
-		$htmlBody             = chunk_split(base64_encode($email->getMessage(true)));
+		$textBody             = chunk_split(base64_encode($email->getMessage(true)));
+		$htmlBody             = chunk_split(base64_encode($email->getMessage()));
 		$multipartMessageBody = "--" . $mimeBoundary . "\n" .                    // plain text section
 		                        "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" .
 		                        "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .