diff --git a/app/controllers/my_modules_controller.rb b/app/controllers/my_modules_controller.rb
index d326ba7d4..0587c6891 100644
--- a/app/controllers/my_modules_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/my_modules_controller.rb
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ class MyModulesController < ApplicationController
             repository_row: record,
             assigned_by: current_user
           )
+          records_names << record.name
         end
       end
 
@@ -428,16 +429,17 @@ class MyModulesController < ApplicationController
           experiment: @experiment,
           my_module: @my_module,
           user: current_user,
-          message: I18n.t(
-            'activities.assign_repository_records',
-            user: current_user.full_name,
-            task: @my_module.name,
-            repository: @repository.name,
-            records: records_names.join(', ')
-          )
+          message: I18n.t('activities.assign_repository_records',
+                          user: current_user.full_name,
+                          task: @my_module.name,
+                          repository: @repository.name,
+                          records: records_names.join(', ')
+                        )
         )
         flash = I18n.t('repositories.assigned_records_flash',
                        records: records_names.join(', '))
+        flash = I18n.t('repositories.assigned_records_downstream_flash',
+                       records: records_names.join(', ')) if downstream
         respond_to do |format|
           format.json { render json: { flash: flash }, status: :ok }
         end
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 594af44f4..c7179c087 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ en:
       no_records_selected_flash: "There were no selected items."
       no_deleted_records_flash: "No items were deleted. %{other_records_number} of the selected items were created by other users and were not deleted."
     assigned_records_flash: "Successfully assigned item(s) <strong>%{records}</strong> to task"
+    assigned_records_downstream_flash: "Successfully assigned item(s) <strong>%{records}</strong> to task and downstream tasks"
     unassigned_records_flash: "Successfully unassigned item(s) <strong>%{records}</strong> from task"
     no_records_assigned_flash: "No items were assigned to task"
     no_records_unassigned_flash: "No items were unassigned from task"