diff --git a/op/op.RemoveDocument.php b/op/op.RemoveDocument.php
index aa11d74fc..cb9463b64 100644
--- a/op/op.RemoveDocument.php
+++ b/op/op.RemoveDocument.php
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ $controller->setParam('document', $document);
 $controller->setParam('index', $index);
 $controller->setParam('indexconf', $indexconf);
 if(!$controller->run()) {
-	UI::exitError(getMLText("document_title", array("documentname" => htmlspecialchars($docname))),getMLText("error_remove_document"));
+	if ($controller->getErrorMsg() != '')
+		$errormsg = $controller->getErrorMsg();
+	else
+		$errormsg = "error_remove_document";
+	UI::exitError(getMLText("document_title", array("documentname" => htmlspecialchars($docname))),getMLText($errormsg));
 }
 
 if ($notifier){