diff --git a/ecrire/inc/utils.php b/ecrire/inc/utils.php
index b9a67df4e8efc2ee3ae916da5acb46da0fd95cda..e9ab862e17a6e00a9525db319f5da932a1b77f4e 100644
--- a/ecrire/inc/utils.php
+++ b/ecrire/inc/utils.php
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ function table_objet($type) {
 		'syndic_article' => 'syndic_articles',
 		'type_document' => 'types_documents' # hum
 	);
-	return $surnoms[$type];
+	return isset($surnoms[$type]) ? $surnoms[$type] : $type."s";
 }
 
 // http://doc.spip.org/@id_table_objet