diff --git a/include/class.staff.php b/include/class.staff.php
index 7f627982c4f1ab8f98f98a47df3817e38c182450..e5ed7e77555e5bb72f1376d10de92bc9b579569d 100644
--- a/include/class.staff.php
+++ b/include/class.staff.php
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ implements AuthenticatedUser, EmailContact, TemplateVariable {
         $vars['lastname']=Format::striptags($vars['lastname']);
 
         if (isset($this->staff_id) && $this->getId() != $vars['id'])
-            $errors['err']=__('Internal Error');
+            $errors['err']=__('Internal error occurred');
 
         if(!$vars['firstname'])
             $errors['firstname']=__('First name required');
diff --git a/scp/staff.php b/scp/staff.php
index df2854e854cefa8a5d335725240383ce14b08914..5ee374366f74a87fb97bb8af0d20f34fe29c3e52 100644
--- a/scp/staff.php
+++ b/scp/staff.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ if($_POST){
                             || !Dept::lookup($_POST['dept_id'])
                             || !Role::lookup($_POST['role_id'])
                         ) {
-                            $errors['err'] = 'Internal error.';
+                            $errors['err'] = __('Internal error occurred');
                             break;
                         }
                         foreach ($members as $s) {
diff --git a/setup/inc/class.installer.php b/setup/inc/class.installer.php
index b382aa0f6b71cf5326574a3bf4e27172fcecd54a..1a198325548faafda964b654f26423e7ad828844 100644
--- a/setup/inc/class.installer.php
+++ b/setup/inc/class.installer.php
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Installer extends SetupWizard {
                 $schemaFile = INC_DIR."streams/$stream/install-mysql.sql";
                 if (!file_exists($schemaFile) || !($fp2 = fopen($schemaFile, 'rb')))
                     $this->errors['err'] = sprintf(
-                        __('%s: Internal Error - please make sure your download is the latest (#1)'),
+                        __('%s: Internal error occurred - please make sure your download is the latest (#1)'),
                         $stream);
                 elseif (
                         // TODO: Make the hash algo configurable in the streams