diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/OfficialVisitUpdateService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/OfficialVisitUpdateService.kt
index 3ee6ed23..26ad893a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/OfficialVisitUpdateService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/OfficialVisitUpdateService.kt
@@ -194,7 +194,23 @@ class OfficialVisitUpdateService(
       visitorsAdded = addNewVisitors(ove, newVisitors.values, matchingContacts, user),
       visitorsDeleted = deleteExistingVisitors(ove, removedVisitors),
       visitorsUpdated = updateExistingVisitors(updatedVisitors, matchingContacts, user),
-    )
+    ).also {
+      auditingService.recordAuditEvent(
+        auditVisitChangeEvent {
+          officialVisitId(ove.officialVisitId)
+          summaryText("Update visit visitors")
+          eventSource("DPS")
+          user(user)
+          prisonCode(ove.prisonCode)
+          prisonerNumber(ove.prisonerNumber)
+          changes {
+            change("_", 0, newVisitors.size, { _, new -> "Visitors added $new" })
+            change("_", 0, updatedVisitors.size, { _, new -> "Visitors updated $new" })
+            change("_", 0, removedVisitors.size, { _, new -> "Visitors removed $new" })
+          }
+        },
+      )
+    }
   }
 
   private fun OfficialVisitor.isNewVisitor() = officialVisitorId == 0L
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/auditing/AuditingService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/auditing/AuditingService.kt
index 970f24e5..0f09d204 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/auditing/AuditingService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/auditing/AuditingService.kt
@@ -113,24 +113,24 @@ class ChangeVisitDsl : AuditEventDsl() {
     changes.changes().joinToString(
       separator = "; ",
       postfix = ".",
-    ) { "${it.descriptiveText} changed from ${it.old ?: "''"} to ${it.new ?: "''"}" }
+    ) { it.alternativeText(it.old, it.new) ?: "${it.descriptiveText} changed from ${it.old ?: "''"} to ${it.new ?: "''"}" }
   }
 
   @AuditEventDslMarker
   class Changes {
     private val changes = mutableListOf<Change<*>>()
 
-    fun change(descriptiveText: String, old: Any?, new: Any?) {
-      changes.add(Change(descriptiveText, old, new))
+    fun change(descriptiveText: String, old: Any?, new: Any?, alternativeText: (old: Any?, new: Any?) -> String? = { _, _ -> null }) {
+      changes.add(Change(descriptiveText, old, new, alternativeText))
     }
 
-    fun change(descriptiveText: String, old: LocalDate?, new: LocalDate?) {
-      changes.add(Change(descriptiveText, old?.toMediumFormatStyle(), new?.toMediumFormatStyle()))
+    fun change(descriptiveText: String, old: LocalDate?, new: LocalDate?, alternativeText: (old: Any?, new: Any?) -> String? = { _, _ -> null }) {
+      changes.add(Change(descriptiveText, old?.toMediumFormatStyle(), new?.toMediumFormatStyle(), alternativeText))
     }
 
     fun changes() = changes.filter { it.hasChanged }
 
-    data class Change<T : Any>(val descriptiveText: String, val old: T?, val new: T?) {
+    data class Change<T : Any>(val descriptiveText: String, val old: T?, val new: T?, val alternativeText: (old: Any?, new: Any?) -> String? = { _, _ -> null }) {
       val hasChanged: Boolean = old != new
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/integration/resource/OfficialVisitUpdateIntegrationTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/integration/resource/OfficialVisitUpdateIntegrationTest.kt
index dbba8d08..6518df0d 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/integration/resource/OfficialVisitUpdateIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/integration/resource/OfficialVisitUpdateIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.MOORLAND_PRISONER
 import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.MOORLAND_PRISON_USER
 import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.Moorland
 import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.createOfficialVisitRequest
+import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.hasSize
+import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.isCloseTo
 import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.isEqualTo
 import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.moorlandLocation
+import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.now
 import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.helper.prisonerContact
 import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.integration.IntegrationTestBase
 import uk.gov.justice.digital.hmpps.officialvisitsapi.model.VisitType
@@ -308,6 +311,24 @@ class OfficialVisitUpdateIntegrationTest : IntegrationTestBase() {
       visitorNotes isEqualTo "visitor notes updated"
       visitorEquipment isEqualTo null
     }
+
+    val auditEvents = auditedEventRepository.findAll()
+
+    auditEvents hasSize 2
+
+    auditEvents.single { it.summaryText == "Official visit created" }
+
+    with(auditEvents.single { it.summaryText == "Update visit visitors" }) {
+      officialVisitId isEqualTo result.officialVisitId
+      prisonCode isEqualTo MOORLAND
+      prisonerNumber isEqualTo MOORLAND_PRISONER.number
+      summaryText isEqualTo "Update visit visitors"
+      detailText isEqualTo "Visitors added 1; Visitors updated 1; Visitors removed 1."
+      userName isEqualTo MOORLAND_PRISON_USER.username
+      userFullName isEqualTo MOORLAND_PRISON_USER.name
+      eventSource isEqualTo Source.DPS.name
+      eventDateTime isCloseTo now()
+    }
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/auditing/AuditEventServiceTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/auditing/AuditEventServiceTest.kt
index 6a7a163d..c148deac 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/auditing/AuditEventServiceTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/officialvisitsapi/service/auditing/AuditEventServiceTest.kt
@@ -83,6 +83,30 @@ class AuditEventServiceTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `should be audit change event with alternative text`() {
+    val auditEvent = auditVisitChangeEvent {
+      officialVisitId(1)
+      summaryText("Test summary change text")
+      eventSource("DPS")
+      user(MOORLAND_PRISON_USER)
+      prisonCode(MOORLAND)
+      prisonerNumber("A1234AA")
+      changes { change("FIELD_1", 1, 2, { old, new -> "Field 1 was $old now $new" }) }
+    }
+
+    with(auditEvent) {
+      officialVisitId isEqualTo 1
+      summaryText isEqualTo "Test summary change text"
+      eventSource isEqualTo "DPS"
+      eventDateTime isCloseTo now()
+      username isEqualTo MOORLAND_PRISON_USER.username
+      userFullName isEqualTo MOORLAND_PRISON_USER.name
+      prisonerNumber isEqualTo "A1234AA"
+      detailText isEqualTo "Field 1 was 1 now 2."
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `should be audit change event with truncated details`() {
     val auditEvent = auditVisitChangeEvent {