diff --git a/app/services/system_note_service.rb b/app/services/system_note_service.rb
index c0a5c3aeb53035498b213e85ee83410142958242..37f454cfc3f43141674f8043b9eba8da271b7ae7 100644
--- a/app/services/system_note_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/system_note_service.rb
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class SystemNoteService
   #
   # Example Note text:
   #
-  #   "Target branch `feature` deleted"
+  #   "Restored target branch `feature`"
   #
   # Returns the created Note object
   def self.change_branch_presence(noteable, project, author, branch_type, branch, presence)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class SystemNoteService
       else
         'deleted'
       end
-    body = "#{branch_type.to_s} branch `#{branch}` #{verb}".capitalize
+    body = "#{verb} #{branch_type.to_s} branch `#{branch}`".capitalize
     create_note(noteable: noteable, project: project, author: author, note: body)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/services/merge_requests/refresh_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/merge_requests/refresh_service_spec.rb
index 463cd594fb0c0e03311bf075d80affdeb79c3086..227ac995ec2ca4237b96a90cdf9f1adce7d2a78b 100644
--- a/spec/services/merge_requests/refresh_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/merge_requests/refresh_service_spec.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe MergeRequests::RefreshService do
         expect(@merge_request).to be_open
 
         notes = @fork_merge_request.notes.reorder(:created_at).map(&:note)
-        expect(notes[0]).to include('Source branch `master` restored')
+        expect(notes[0]).to include('Restored source branch `master`')
         expect(notes[1]).to include('Added 4 commits')
         expect(@fork_merge_request).to be_open
       end
diff --git a/spec/services/system_note_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/system_note_service_spec.rb
index 699b2e3441f9ad578fdd38e7c3c72ad5ed3ed815..a45130bd473232cf9de5f426d15315b34d17481c 100644
--- a/spec/services/system_note_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/system_note_service_spec.rb
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe SystemNoteService do
 
     context 'when source branch deleted' do
       it 'sets the note text' do
-        expect(subject.note).to eq "Source branch `feature` deleted"
+        expect(subject.note).to eq "Deleted source branch `feature`"
       end
     end
   end