diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/20-inject.html b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/20-inject.html
index 3dca922ac..bd90b82e4 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/20-inject.html
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/20-inject.html
@@ -183,23 +183,30 @@
                 if (payloadProperty && topicProperty) {
                     lab = payloadProperty.vt;
                 } else if (propertyCount > 1){
-                    lab = propertyCount + ' properties';
+                    lab = propertyCount + " " + this._("inject.label.properties");
                 } else if(propertyCount === 1){
                     lab = this.props[0].vt;
                 }
                 
-                // Friendly names
-                switch(lab){
-                    case 'date': lab = 'timestamp'; break;
-                    case 'str': lab = 'string'; break;
-                    case 'num': lab = 'number'; break;
-                    case 'bin': lab = 'buffer'; break;
-                    case '': lab = 'nothing'; break;
+            } else {
+
+                lab = this.payloadType;
+                if (lab === "json") {
+                    try {
+                        lab = typeof JSON.parse(this.payload);
+                        if (lab === "object") {
+                            if (Array.isArray(JSON.parse(this.payload))) { lab = "Array"; }
+                        }
+                    } catch(e) {
+                        return this._("inject.label.invalid");
+                    }
                 }
-            }else{
-                lab = 'legacy payload';
             }
             
+            var name = "inject.label."+lab;
+            var label = this._(name);
+            if (name !== label) { lab = label; }
+
             return lab;
         },
         label: function() {        
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
index 8eb2c29c7..c312ce198 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         "stopped": "stopped",
         "failed": "Inject failed: __error__",
         "label": {
+            "properties": "Properties",
             "repeat": "Repeat",
             "flow": "flow context",
             "global": "global context",