diff --git a/src/data/logbook.ts b/src/data/logbook.ts
index d6528ab525d3..978f611c7141 100644
--- a/src/data/logbook.ts
+++ b/src/data/logbook.ts
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ export const localizeStateMessage = (
       break;
 
     case "event": {
+      return localize(`${LOGBOOK_LOCALIZE_PATH}.detected_event_no_type`);
+
+      // TODO: This is not working yet, as we don't get historic attribute values
+
       const event_type = computeAttributeValueDisplay(
         hass!.localize,
         stateObj,
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 8834f0583e8b..e330d356bdfd 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@
           "detected_tampering": "detected tampering",
           "cleared_tampering": "cleared tampering",
           "detected_event": "{event_type} event detected",
+          "detected_event_no_type": "detected an event",
           "detected_unknown_event": "detected an unknown event"
         }
       },