diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/error.json b/public/language/en_GB/error.json
index e52b7767b1..e028997eea 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/error.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/error.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	"invalid-username-or-password": "Please specify both a username and password",
 	"invalid-search-term": "Invalid search term",
 
-	"invalid-pagination-value": "Invalid pagination value",
+	"invalid-pagination-value": "Invalid pagination value, must be at least %1 and at most %2",
 
 	"username-taken": "Username taken",
 	"email-taken": "Email taken",
diff --git a/src/user/settings.js b/src/user/settings.js
index 7adc79829e..6d9cf7d36a 100644
--- a/src/user/settings.js
+++ b/src/user/settings.js
@@ -91,8 +91,12 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 	}
 
 	User.saveSettings = function(uid, data, callback) {
-		if (invalidPaginationSettings(data)) {
-			return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-pagination-value]]'));
+		if (!data.postsPerPage || parseInt(data.postsPerPage, 10) <= 1 || parseInt(data.postsPerPage, 10) > meta.config.postsPerPage) {
+			return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-pagination-value, 2, ' + meta.config.postsPerPage + ']]'));
+		}
+
+		if (!data.topicsPerPage || parseInt(data.topicsPerPage, 10) <= 1 || parseInt(data.topicsPerPage, 10) > meta.config.topicsPerPage) {
+			return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-pagination-value, 2, ' + meta.config.topicsPerPage + ']]'));
 		}
 
 		data.userLang = data.userLang || meta.config.defaultLang;
@@ -136,12 +140,6 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		], callback);
 	};
 
-	function invalidPaginationSettings(data) {
-		return !data.topicsPerPage || !data.postsPerPage ||
-			parseInt(data.topicsPerPage, 10) <= 0 || parseInt(data.postsPerPage, 10) <= 0 ||
-			parseInt(data.topicsPerPage, 10) > meta.config.topicsPerPage || parseInt(data.postsPerPage, 10) > meta.config.postsPerPage;
-	}
-
 	function updateDigestSetting(uid, dailyDigestFreq, callback) {
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {