diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain.py b/src/registrar/models/domain.py
index 16c918f84..632a6200d 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain.py
@@ -122,20 +122,20 @@ class Domain(TimeStampedModel, DomainHelper):
         """These capture (some of) the states a domain object can be in."""
 
         # the state is indeterminate
-        UNKNOWN = "unknown"
+        UNKNOWN = "unknown", "Unknown"
 
         # The domain object exists in the registry
         # but nameservers don't exist for it yet
         DNS_NEEDED = "dns needed", "Dns needed"
 
         # Domain has had nameservers set, may or may not be active
-        READY = "ready"
+        READY = "ready", "Ready"
 
         # Registrar manually changed state to client hold
         ON_HOLD = "on hold", "On hold"
 
         # previously existed but has been deleted from the registry
-        DELETED = "deleted"
+        DELETED = "deleted", "Deleted"
 
     class Cache(property):
         """