diff --git a/src/menu/optionmenuitems.h b/src/menu/optionmenuitems.h
index 796e88c173..b4d54fd89f 100644
--- a/src/menu/optionmenuitems.h
+++ b/src/menu/optionmenuitems.h
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ public:
 
 	bool Activate()
 	{
-		M_StartMessage("Do you really want to do this?", 0);
+		const char *msg = GStrings("SAFEMESSAGE");
+		if (msg) M_StartMessage(msg, 0);
 		return true;
 	}
 };
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/language.enu b/wadsrc/static/language.enu
index 06347beb9e..1fbf83b087 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/language.enu
+++ b/wadsrc/static/language.enu
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ OPTSTR_OPENAL				= "OpenAL";
 
 
 
-
+SAFEMESSAGE			= "Do you really want to do this?";
 MNU_COLORPICKER		= "SELECT COLOR";