diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/moodle.php b/lang/en_utf8/moodle.php
index 2eaca91ae15..d2cdbf349c8 100644
--- a/lang/en_utf8/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/moodle.php
@@ -1447,15 +1447,18 @@ $string['updatinga'] = 'Updating: $a';
 $string['updatingain'] = 'Updating $a->what in $a->in';
 $string['upload'] = 'Upload';
 $string['uploadafile'] = 'Upload a file';
+$string['uploadcantwrite'] = 'Failed to write file to disk';
 $string['uploadedfile'] = 'File uploaded successfully';
 $string['uploadedfileto'] = 'Uploaded $a->file to $a->directory';
 $string['uploadedfiletoobig'] = 'Sorry, but that file is too big (limit is $a bytes)';
+$string['uploadextension'] = 'File upload stopped by extension';
 $string['uploadfailednotrecovering'] = 'Your file upload has failed because there was a problem with one of the files, $a->name.<br /> Here is a log of the problems:<br />$a->problem<br />Not recovering.';
 $string['uploadfilelog'] = 'Upload log for file $a';
 $string['uploadformlimit'] = 'Uploaded file exceeded the maximum size limit set by the form';
 $string['uploadlabel'] = 'Title:';
 $string['uploadnofilefound'] = 'No file was found - are you sure you selected one to upload?';
 $string['uploadnotallowed'] = 'Uploads are not allowed';
+$string['uploadnotempdir'] = 'Missing a temporary folder';
 $string['uploadoldfilesdeleted'] = 'The old file(s) in your upload area have been deleted';
 $string['uploadpartialfile'] = 'File was only partially uploaded';
 $string['uploadproblem'] = 'An unknown problem occurred while uploading the file \'$a\' (perhaps it was too large?)';
diff --git a/lib/uploadlib.php b/lib/uploadlib.php
index da2b1f492b1..933c895f75f 100644
--- a/lib/uploadlib.php
+++ b/lib/uploadlib.php
@@ -381,6 +381,20 @@ class upload_manager {
             $errmessage = get_string('uploadnofilefound');
             break;
             
+        // Note: there is no error with a value of 5
+
+        case 6: // UPLOAD_ERR_NO_TMP_DIR
+            $errmessage = get_string('uploadnotempdir');
+            break;
+
+        case 7: // UPLOAD_ERR_CANT_WRITE
+            $errmessage = get_string('uploadcantwrite');
+            break;
+
+        case 8: // UPLOAD_ERR_EXTENSION
+            $errmessage = get_string('uploadextension');
+            break;
+
         default:
             $errmessage = get_string('uploadproblem', $file['name']);
         }