diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4403405f90..2eea9ed7c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Fixed bug that made identical Experiment steps with different end times crash ([#3516](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/3516))
 - Fixed bug in calculation of theoretical energy that made it very slow ([#3506](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/3506))
+- The irreversible plating model now increments `f"{Domain} dead lithium concentration [mol.m-3]"`, not `f"{Domain} lithium plating concentration [mol.m-3]"` as it did previously. ([#3485](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/3485))
 
 # [v23.9](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/tree/v23.9) - 2023-10-31
 
diff --git a/docs/source/examples/notebooks/models/lithium-plating.ipynb b/docs/source/examples/notebooks/models/lithium-plating.ipynb
index 8969f237ef..1e14513620 100644
--- a/docs/source/examples/notebooks/models/lithium-plating.ipynb
+++ b/docs/source/examples/notebooks/models/lithium-plating.ipynb
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@
     "    axs[0,0].set_ylabel(\"Voltage [V]\")\n",
     "    axs[0,1].set_ylabel(\"Volumetric interfacial current density [A.m-3]\")\n",
     "    axs[0,1].legend(('Deintercalation current','Stripping current','Total current'))\n",
-    "    axs[1,0].set_ylabel(\"Plated lithium capacity [Ah]\")\n",
-    "    axs[1,1].set_ylabel(\"Intercalated lithium capacity [Ah]\")\n",
+    "    axs[1,0].set_ylabel(\"Plated lithium capacity [A.h]\")\n",
+    "    axs[1,1].set_ylabel(\"Intercalated lithium capacity [A.h]\")\n",
     "\n",
     "    for ax in axs.flat:\n",
     "        ax.set_xlabel(\"Time [minutes]\")\n",
diff --git a/pybamm/models/submodels/interface/lithium_plating/plating.py b/pybamm/models/submodels/interface/lithium_plating/plating.py
index a1828dcaa2..9f4de08d2f 100644
--- a/pybamm/models/submodels/interface/lithium_plating/plating.py
+++ b/pybamm/models/submodels/interface/lithium_plating/plating.py
@@ -115,18 +115,26 @@ def set_rhs(self, variables):
             ]
             L_sei = variables[f"{Domain} total SEI thickness [m]"]
 
-        # In the partially reversible plating model, coupling term turns reversible
-        # lithium into dead lithium. In other plating models, it is zero.
         lithium_plating_option = getattr(self.options, domain)["lithium plating"]
-        if lithium_plating_option == "partially reversible":
+        if lithium_plating_option == "reversible":
+            # In the reversible plating model, there is no dead lithium
+            dc_plated_Li = -a_j_stripping / self.param.F
+            dc_dead_Li = pybamm.Scalar(0)
+        elif lithium_plating_option == "irreversible":
+            # In the irreversible plating model, all plated lithium is dead lithium
+            dc_plated_Li = pybamm.Scalar(0)
+            dc_dead_Li = -a_j_stripping / self.param.F
+        elif lithium_plating_option == "partially reversible":
+            # In the partially reversible plating model, the coupling term turns
+            # reversible lithium into dead lithium over time.
             dead_lithium_decay_rate = self.param.dead_lithium_decay_rate(L_sei)
             coupling_term = dead_lithium_decay_rate * c_plated_Li
-        else:
-            coupling_term = pybamm.Scalar(0)
+            dc_plated_Li = -a_j_stripping / self.param.F - coupling_term
+            dc_dead_Li = coupling_term
 
         self.rhs = {
-            c_plated_Li: -a_j_stripping / self.param.F - coupling_term,
-            c_dead_Li: coupling_term,
+            c_plated_Li: dc_plated_Li,
+            c_dead_Li: dc_dead_Li,
         }
 
     def set_initial_conditions(self, variables):