diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 438cae617a786c222887dbb9e3958e9fc447c6ca..2f310a4b028bfb166ac0b44c3720e6e504e6adfe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ v 8.3.0 (unreleased)
   - Trim leading and trailing whitespace of milestone and issueable titles (Jose Corcuera)
   - Add ignore whitespace change option to commit view
   - Fire update hook from GitLab
+  - Don't show project fork event as "imported"
 
 v 8.2.2
   - Fix 404 in redirection after removing a project (Stan Hu)
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 9afd223bce578c23df0b005474bdfe20ff956c7e..01d008035a585875f247bfa62274a7cffdc17d9a 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
     elsif commented?
       "commented on"
     elsif created_project?
-      if project.import?
+      if project.external_import?
         "imported"
       else
         "created"