diff --git a/iplookup/index.php b/iplookup/index.php
index f174dbdbe4b80..6fd6d86c6470d 100644
--- a/iplookup/index.php
+++ b/iplookup/index.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 } else {
     $ipdata = download_file_content('http://netgeo.caida.org/perl/netgeo.cgi?target='.$ip);
     if ($ipdata === false) {
-        print_error('Can not connect to NetGeo server at http://netgeo.caida.org, please check proxy settings or better install MaxMind GeoLite City data file.');
+        print_error('cannotnetgeo');
     }
     $matches = null;
     if (!preg_match('/LAT:\s*(-?\d+\.\d+)/s', $ipdata, $matches)) {
diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/error.php b/lang/en_utf8/error.php
index d8724a18a2e10..80e6518fdebdc 100644
--- a/lang/en_utf8/error.php
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/error.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 $string['cannotfindlang'] = 'Cannot find \"$a\" language pack!';
 $string['cannotfindsite'] = 'Cannot find site-level course';
 $string['cannotimportgrade'] = 'Grade import error';
+$string['cannotnetgeo'] = 'Can not connect to NetGeo server at http://netgeo.caida.org, please check proxy settings or better install MaxMind GeoLite City data file.';
 $string['cannotgradeuser'] = 'Can not grade this user';
 $string['cannotmapfield'] = 'mapping collision detected, 2 fields maps to the same grade item $a';
 $string['cannotmarktopic'] = 'Could not mark that topic for this course';