diff --git a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
index 1a3bbe23db..288c0b5940 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class phpbb_search_fulltext_sphinx
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				trigger_error($this->user->lang('SPHINX_SEARCH_FAILED', $this->user->lang('SPHINX_SEARCH_ERROR_LOG')));
+				trigger_error($this->user->lang('SPHINX_SEARCH_FAILED_LOG'));
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/search.php b/phpBB/language/en/search.php
index 5eea6044bc..71cbec4b41 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/search.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/search.php
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'SORT_FORUM'				=> 'Forum',
 	'SORT_POST_SUBJECT'			=> 'Post subject',
 	'SORT_TIME'					=> 'Post time',
-	'SPHINX_SEARCH_FAILED'		=> 'Search failed. %s',
-	'SPHINX_SEARCH_ERROR_LOG'	=> 'The error information has been logged.',
+	'SPHINX_SEARCH_FAILED'		=> 'Search failed: %s',
+	'SPHINX_SEARCH_FAILED_LOG'	=> 'Sorry, search could not be performed. More information about this failure has been logged in the error log.',
 
 	'TOO_FEW_AUTHOR_CHARS'	=> array(
 		1	=> 'You must specify at least %d character of the authors name.',