diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/error.json b/public/language/en_GB/error.json
index 8bb83071fc..a8d4c042b5 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/error.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/error.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	"username-taken": "Username taken",
 	"email-taken": "Email taken",
 	"email-not-confirmed": "Your email has not been confirmed yet, please click here to confirm your email.",
-	"email-not-confirmed-chat": "You are unable to chat until your email is confirmed",
+	"email-not-confirmed-chat": "You are unable to chat until your email is confirmed, please click here to confirm your email.",
 	"no-email-to-confirm": "This forum requires email confirmation, please click here to enter an email",
 	"email-confirm-failed": "We could not confirm your email, please try again later.",
 
diff --git a/public/src/client/chats.js b/public/src/client/chats.js
index 020b0915ef..0b0f80ff8c 100644
--- a/public/src/client/chats.js
+++ b/public/src/client/chats.js
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ define('forum/chats', ['string', 'sounds', 'forum/infinitescroll'], function(S,
 				message:msg
 			}, function(err) {
 				if (err) {
+					if (err.message === '[[error:email-not-confirmed-chat]]') {
+						return showEmailConfirmAlert(err);
+					}
 					return app.alertError(err.message);
 				}