diff --git a/externals/pddp/helplink.c b/externals/pddp/helplink.c
index fd56e2048e1cf67579d1c5e290b4856c74b7e222..d56c0925b2727642d269abc5dfe78f4f73435764 100644
--- a/externals/pddp/helplink.c
+++ b/externals/pddp/helplink.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void helplink_vis(t_gobj *z, t_glist *glist, int vis)
         if ((glist->gl_havewindow || x->x_isgopvisible)
             && (y = glist_findrtext(glist, (t_text *)x)))
         {
-            gui_vmess("gui_text_create_gobj", "xssiii",
+            gui_vmess("gui_gobj_new", "xssiii",
                 glist_getcanvas(glist),
                 rtext_gettag(y),
                 "pd_link",
diff --git a/externals/pddp/pddplink.c b/externals/pddp/pddplink.c
index 204b5647a4742eae8e84aa6cea5b180feb79a580..57bcdca08518d71a4ed2cf68a98818cfb41ff584 100644
--- a/externals/pddp/pddplink.c
+++ b/externals/pddp/pddplink.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void pddplink_vis(t_gobj *z, t_glist *glist, int vis)
         if ((glist->gl_havewindow || x->x_isgopvisible)
             && (y = glist_findrtext(glist, (t_text *)x)))
         {
-            gui_vmess("gui_text_create_gobj", "xssiii",
+            gui_vmess("gui_gobj_new", "xssiii",
                 glist_getcanvas(glist),
                 rtext_gettag(y),
                 "pd_link",