diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1928-bigpanda-message.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1928-bigpanda-message.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..081b51cc0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1928-bigpanda-message.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "bigpanda - actually use the ``deployment_message`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1928)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/monitoring/bigpanda.py b/plugins/modules/monitoring/bigpanda.py
index ea693eb886..8faec5d030 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/monitoring/bigpanda.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/monitoring/bigpanda.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def main():
 
         request_url = url + '/data/events/deployments/start'
     else:
-        message = module.params['message']
+        message = module.params['deployment_message']
         if message is not None:
             body['errorMessage'] = message