diff --git a/src/config/dialogs.c b/src/config/dialogs.c
index 49a7837d3..e06e4a54f 100644
--- a/src/config/dialogs.c
+++ b/src/config/dialogs.c
@@ -60,37 +60,7 @@ write_config_dialog(struct terminal *term, unsigned char *config_file,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	switch (secsave_error) {
-		case SS_ERR_OPEN_READ:
-			strerr = _("Cannot read the file", term);
-			break;
-		case SS_ERR_STAT:
-			strerr = _("Cannot get file status", term);
-			break;
-		case SS_ERR_ACCESS:
-			strerr = _("Cannot access the file", term);
-			break;
-		case SS_ERR_MKSTEMP:
-			strerr = _("Cannot create temp file", term);
-			break;
-		case SS_ERR_RENAME:
-			strerr = _("Cannot rename the file", term);
-			break;
-		case SS_ERR_DISABLED:
-			strerr = _("File saving disabled by option", term);
-			break;
-		case SS_ERR_OUT_OF_MEM:
-			strerr = _("Out of memory", term);
-			break;
-		case SS_ERR_OPEN_WRITE:
-			strerr = _("Cannot write the file", term);
-			break;
-		case SS_ERR_NONE: /* Impossible. */
-		case SS_ERR_OTHER:
-		default:
-			strerr = _("Secure file saving error", term);
-			break;
-	}
+	strerr = secsave_strerror(secsave_error, term);
 
 	if (stdio_error > 0)
 		errmsg = straconcat(strerr, " (", strerror(stdio_error), ")", NULL);
diff --git a/src/util/secsave.c b/src/util/secsave.c
index 10ffd3263..6e9d76660 100644
--- a/src/util/secsave.c
+++ b/src/util/secsave.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "elinks.h"
 
 #include "config/options.h"
+#include "intl/gettext/libintl.h"
 #include "osdep/osdep.h" /* Needed for mkstemp() on win32 */
 #include "util/memory.h"
 #include "util/secsave.h"
@@ -350,3 +351,30 @@ secure_fprintf(struct secure_save_info *ssi, const char *format, ...)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+unsigned char *
+secsave_strerror(enum secsave_errno secsave_error, struct terminal *term)
+{
+	switch (secsave_error) {
+	case SS_ERR_OPEN_READ:
+		return _("Cannot read the file", term);
+	case SS_ERR_STAT:
+		return _("Cannot get file status", term);
+	case SS_ERR_ACCESS:
+		return _("Cannot access the file", term);
+	case SS_ERR_MKSTEMP:
+		return _("Cannot create temp file", term);
+	case SS_ERR_RENAME:
+		return _("Cannot rename the file", term);
+	case SS_ERR_DISABLED:
+		return _("File saving disabled by option", term);
+	case SS_ERR_OUT_OF_MEM:
+		return _("Out of memory", term);
+	case SS_ERR_OPEN_WRITE:
+		return _("Cannot write the file", term);
+	case SS_ERR_NONE: /* Impossible. */
+	case SS_ERR_OTHER:
+	default:
+		return _("Secure file saving error", term);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util/secsave.h b/src/util/secsave.h
index 001c14605..65506dc0c 100644
--- a/src/util/secsave.h
+++ b/src/util/secsave.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h> /* mode_t */
 
+struct terminal;
+
 enum secsave_errno {
 	SS_ERR_NONE = 0,
 	SS_ERR_DISABLED, /* secsave is disabled. */
@@ -40,4 +42,6 @@ int secure_fputc(struct secure_save_info *, int);
 
 int secure_fprintf(struct secure_save_info *, const char *, ...);
 
+unsigned char *secsave_strerror(enum secsave_errno, struct terminal *);
+
 #endif