diff --git a/pkg/sql/drop_database.go b/pkg/sql/drop_database.go
index 0234444ad267..c2a8d6c73fbc 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/drop_database.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/drop_database.go
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ func (n *dropDatabaseNode) startExec(params runParams) error {
 		int32(n.dbDesc.ID),
 		int32(params.extendedEvalCtx.NodeID),
 		struct {
-			DatabaseName          string
-			Statement             string
-			User                  string
-			DroppedTablesAndViews []string
+			DatabaseName         string
+			Statement            string
+			User                 string
+			DroppedSchemaObjects []string
 		}{n.n.Name.String(), n.n.String(), p.SessionData().User, tbNameStrings},
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/event_log b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/event_log
index 6aa65b9a8478..22a037445c34 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/event_log
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/event_log
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS othereventlogtest CASCADE
 # verify event is there, and cascading table drops are logged.
 
 query IIT
-SELECT "targetID", "reportingID", info::JSONB->>'DroppedTablesAndViews'
+SELECT "targetID", "reportingID", info::JSONB->>'DroppedSchemaObjects'
 FROM system.eventlog
 WHERE "eventType" = 'drop_database'
   AND info::JSONB->>'Statement' LIKE 'DROP DATABASE eventlogtest%'
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ WHERE "eventType" = 'drop_database'
 53 1 ["eventlogtest.public.anothertesttable", "eventlogtest.public.testtable"]
 
 query IIT
-SELECT "targetID", "reportingID", info::JSONB->>'DroppedTablesAndViews'
+SELECT "targetID", "reportingID", info::JSONB->>'DroppedSchemaObjects'
 FROM system.eventlog
 WHERE "eventType" = 'drop_database'
   AND info::JSONB->>'Statement' LIKE 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS othereventlogtest%'
diff --git a/pkg/ui/src/util/events.ts b/pkg/ui/src/util/events.ts
index c6fae2c5e57c..6d8676d5b156 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/src/util/events.ts
+++ b/pkg/ui/src/util/events.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type Event$Properties = protos.cockroach.server.serverpb.EventsResponse.Event$Pr
 export function getEventDescription(e: Event$Properties): string {
   const info: {
     DatabaseName: string,
-    DroppedTables: string[],
+    DroppedSchemaObjects: string[],
     IndexName: string,
     MutationID: string,
     TableName: string,
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@ export function getEventDescription(e: Event$Properties): string {
     case eventTypes.CREATE_DATABASE:
       return `Database Created: User ${info.User} created database ${info.DatabaseName}`;
     case eventTypes.DROP_DATABASE:
-      info.DroppedTables = info.DroppedTables || [];
-      let tableDropText: string = `${info.DroppedTables.length} tables were dropped: ${info.DroppedTables.join(", ")}`;
-      if (info.DroppedTables.length === 0) {
-        tableDropText = "No tables were dropped.";
-      } else if (info.DroppedTables.length === 1) {
-        tableDropText = `1 table was dropped: ${info.DroppedTables[0]}`;
+      info.DroppedSchemaObjects = info.DroppedSchemaObjects || [];
+      let tableDropText = `${info.DroppedSchemaObjects.length} schema objects ` +
+        `were dropped: ${info.DroppedSchemaObjects.join(", ")}`;
+      if (info.DroppedSchemaObjects.length === 0) {
+        tableDropText = "No schema objects were dropped.";
+      } else if (info.DroppedSchemaObjects.length === 1) {
+        tableDropText = `1 schema objects was dropped: ${info.DroppedSchemaObjects[0]}`;
       }
-      return `Database Dropped: User ${info.User} dropped database ${info.DatabaseName}.${tableDropText}`;
+      return `Database Dropped: User ${info.User} dropped database ${info.DatabaseName}. ${tableDropText}`;
     case eventTypes.CREATE_TABLE:
       return `Table Created: User ${info.User} created table ${info.TableName}`;
     case eventTypes.DROP_TABLE: