diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 1f171bec8..74dcbebdc 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-29  Andrew V. Samoilov  <kai@cmail.ru>
+
+	* dir.c (handle_dirent): Use MSG_ERROR.
+
 2002-01-22  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* screen.c: Don't try to paint anything if width is 0 or less.
diff --git a/src/dir.c b/src/dir.c
index 8abaca6f2..a1606da83 100644
--- a/src/dir.c
+++ b/src/dir.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ handle_dirent (dir_list *list, char *filter, struct dirent *dp,
     if (!show_backups && dp->d_name [NLENGTH (dp)-1] == '~')
 	return 0;
     if (mc_lstat (dp->d_name, buf1) == -1) {
-	message(1, _(" Error "), _("File '%s' exists but can not be stat-ed: %s"), dp->d_name, strerror(errno));
+	message(1, MSG_ERROR, _("File '%s' exists but can not be stat-ed: %s"), dp->d_name, strerror(errno));
         return 0;
     }