diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index 1c2e3ed371..58651c8c5e 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -4379,14 +4379,15 @@ def do_delete_messages(user_profile: UserProfile, messages: Iterable[Message]) -
 
         event = {
             'type': 'delete_message',
-            'sender': user_profile.email,
+            'sender': message.sender.email,
+            'sender_id': message.sender_id,
             'message_id': message.id,
             'message_type': message_type, }  # type: Dict[str, Any]
         if message_type == "stream":
             event['stream_id'] = message.recipient.type_id
             event['topic'] = message.topic_name()
         else:
-            event['recipient_user_ids'] = message.recipient.type_id
+            event['recipient_id'] = message.recipient_id
 
         # TODO: Each part of the following should be changed to bulk
         # queries, since right now if you delete 1000 messages, you'll
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_events.py b/zerver/tests/test_events.py
index 023c154638..8716f46bf3 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_events.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_events.py
@@ -2464,6 +2464,7 @@ class EventsRegisterTest(ZulipTestCase):
             ('type', equals('delete_message')),
             ('message_id', check_int),
             ('sender', check_string),
+            ('sender_id', check_int),
             ('message_type', equals("stream")),
             ('stream_id', check_int),
             ('topic', check_string),
@@ -2482,8 +2483,9 @@ class EventsRegisterTest(ZulipTestCase):
             ('type', equals('delete_message')),
             ('message_id', check_int),
             ('sender', check_string),
+            ('sender_id', check_int),
             ('message_type', equals("private")),
-            ('recipient_user_ids', check_int),
+            ('recipient_id', check_int),
         ])
         msg_id = self.send_personal_message(
             self.example_email("cordelia"),