diff --git a/admin/tool/langimport/classes/controller.php b/admin/tool/langimport/classes/controller.php
index 06f815eea1a..5f743d70cca 100644
--- a/admin/tool/langimport/classes/controller.php
+++ b/admin/tool/langimport/classes/controller.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class controller {
         $updateablelangs = array();
         foreach ($currentlangs as $clang) {
             if (!array_key_exists($clang, $md5array)) {
-                $noticeok[] = get_string('langpackupdateskipped', 'tool_langimport', $clang);
+                $this->info[] = get_string('langpackupdateskipped', 'tool_langimport', $clang);
                 continue;
             }
             $dest1 = $CFG->dataroot.'/lang/'.$clang;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class controller {
             $dest2 = $CFG->dirroot.'/lang/'.$pack;
             if (file_exists($dest1)) {
                 if (!remove_dir($dest1)) {
-                    $noticeerror[] = 'Could not delete old directory '.$dest1.', update of '.$pack
+                    $this->errors[] = 'Could not delete old directory '.$dest1.', update of '.$pack
                         .' failed, please check permissions.';
                     unset($neededlangs[$packindex]);
                     continue;
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class controller {
             }
             if (file_exists($dest2)) {
                 if (!remove_dir($dest2)) {
-                    $noticeerror[] = 'Could not delete old directory '.$dest2.', update of '.$pack
+                    $this->errors[] = 'Could not delete old directory '.$dest2.', update of '.$pack
                         .' failed, please check permissions.';
                     unset($neededlangs[$packindex]);
                     continue;
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ class controller {
         try {
             $updated = $this->install_languagepacks($neededlangs, true);
         } catch (\moodle_exception $e) {
+            $this->errors[] = 'An exception occurred while installing language packs: ' . $e->getMessage();
             return false;
         }