diff --git a/file.php b/file.php
index f5c7d622c55..466b9f0ef48 100644
--- a/file.php
+++ b/file.php
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@
             }
         }
     } else {
-        error("Sorry, but the file you are looking for was not found ($pathname)", 
-              "$CFG->wwwroot/course/view.php?id=$courseid");
+        error(get_string("filenotfound", "error"), "$CFG->wwwroot/course/view.php?id=$courseid");
     }
 
     exit;
diff --git a/lang/en/error.php b/lang/en/error.php
index 3f0c9ba33d1..388f4fc29c8 100755
--- a/lang/en/error.php
+++ b/lang/en/error.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 $string['coursegroupunknown'] = 'Course corresponding to group $a not specified';
 $string['erroronline'] = 'Error on line $a';
 $string['fieldrequired'] = '\"$a\" is a required field';
+$string['filenotfound'] = 'Sorry, the requested file could not be found';
 $string['groupalready'] = 'User already belongs to group $a';
 $string['groupunknown'] = 'Group $a not associated to specified course';
 $string['invalidfieldname'] = '\"$a\" is not a valid field name';