diff --git a/admin/cli/install.php b/admin/cli/install.php
index 0dd5102e678..be9b4082e00 100644
--- a/admin/cli/install.php
+++ b/admin/cli/install.php
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ if ($interactive) {
 $chmod = octdec(clean_param($options['chmod'], PARAM_INT));
 if ($interactive) {
     cli_separator();
-    cli_heading('Data directories permission'); // todo localize
+    cli_heading(get_string('datarootpermission', 'install'));
     $prompt = get_string('clitypevaluedefault', 'admin', decoct($chmod));
     $error = '';
     do {
diff --git a/install/stringnames.txt b/install/stringnames.txt
index a7d183d477c..b028ccfc766 100644
--- a/install/stringnames.txt
+++ b/install/stringnames.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ databasehost,install
 databasename,install
 databasetypehead,install
 dataroot,install
+datarootpermission,install
 dbprefix,install
 dirroot,install
 downloadedfilecheckfailed,error
diff --git a/lang/en/install.php b/lang/en/install.php
index 4e0ab7ef9c1..ed396f904bc 100644
--- a/lang/en/install.php
+++ b/lang/en/install.php
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ $string['databasetypesub'] = 'Moodle supports several types of database servers.
 $string['databaseuser'] = 'Database user';
 $string['dataroot'] = 'Data directory';
 $string['datarooterror'] = 'The \'data directory\' you specified could not be found or created.  Either correct the path or create that directory manually.';
+$string['datarootpermission'] = 'Data directories permission';
 $string['datarootpublicerror'] = 'The \'data directory\' you specified is directly accessible via web, you must use different directory.';
 $string['dbconnectionerror'] = 'We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings.';
 $string['dbcreationerror'] = 'Database creation error. Could not create the given database name with the settings provided';