diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/error.json b/public/language/en_GB/error.json
index 40b685354d..4efb4cd52f 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/error.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/error.json
@@ -23,6 +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",
 
 	"username-too-short": "Username too short",
 	"username-too-long": "Username too long",
diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 5e3b8ba76d..cc58f0e32f 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ app.uid = null;
 			title: '[[global:alert.error]]',
 			message: message,
 			type: 'danger',
-			timeout: timeout ? timeout : 2000
+			timeout: timeout ? timeout : 5000
 		});
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/socket.io/modules.js b/src/socket.io/modules.js
index 67357484cf..a922613ac3 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/modules.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/modules.js
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ SocketModules.chats.send = function(socket, data, callback) {
 		}
 
 		if (parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1 && parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10) !== 1) {
-			return callback(new Error('[[error:email-not-confirmed]]'));
+			return callback(new Error('[[error:email-not-confirmed-chat]]'));
 		}
 
 		Messaging.canMessage(socket.uid, touid, function(err, allowed) {