diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/github_webhook.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/github_webhook.go
index 9d4417b..c5b05b9 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/github_webhook.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/github_webhook.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type WebhookService struct {
 			//    pull_request_review_comment : When a line comment is made on a pull request.
 			//    labels : When any issue or pull request is labeled/unlabeled. Unique to Go-NEB.
 			//    milestones : When any issue or pull request is milestoned/demilestoned. Unique to Go-NEB.
-			//    assign : When any issue or pull request is assigned/unassigned. Unique to Go-NEB.
+			//    assignments : When any issue or pull request is assigned/unassigned. Unique to Go-NEB.
 			// Most of these events are directly from: https://developer.github.com/webhooks/#events
 			Events []string
 		}
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/webhook/webhook.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/webhook/webhook.go
index d610edb..87a8385 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/webhook/webhook.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/webhook/webhook.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func refineEventType(eventType string, action *string) string {
 	}
 	a := *action
 	if a == "assigned" || a == "unassigned" {
-		return "assign"
+		return "assignments"
 	} else if a == "milestoned" || a == "demilestoned" {
 		return "milestones"
 	} else if a == "labeled" || a == "unlabeled" {
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/webhook/webhook_test.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/webhook/webhook_test.go
index 4994de6..e8e6616 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/webhook/webhook_test.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/github/webhook/webhook_test.go
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ var ghtests = []struct {
 		  }
 		}`,
 		"[<u>matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk</u>] richvdh assigned <b>pull request #303</b>: Factor out common parts of room creation [open] to dbkr - https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/303",
-		"matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk", "assign",
+		"matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk", "assignments",
 	},
 	// ==================================================================
 	{