diff --git a/lib/private/share/share.php b/lib/private/share/share.php
index 47b82f2a42d653f16a0cf4ad33273b797b4ddd9e..646511fd64dbc560c3c84dea24fa898d756be4f8 100644
--- a/lib/private/share/share.php
+++ b/lib/private/share/share.php
@@ -956,8 +956,8 @@ class Share extends \OC\Share\Constants {
 			$maxDays = \OCP\Config::getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_expire_after_n_days', '7');
 			$maxDate->add(new \DateInterval('P' . $maxDays . 'D'));
 			if ($date > $maxDate) {
-				$warning = 'Cannot set expiration date. Shares cannot expire later than ' . $maxDays . ' after they where shared';
-				$warning_t = $l->t('Cannot set expiration date. Shares cannot expire later than %s after they where shared', array($maxDays));
+				$warning = 'Cannot set expiration date. Shares cannot expire later than ' . $maxDays . ' after they have been shared';
+				$warning_t = $l->t('Cannot set expiration date. Shares cannot expire later than %s after they have been shared', array($maxDays));
 				\OCP\Util::writeLog('OCP\Share', $warning, \OCP\Util::WARN);
 				throw new \Exception($warning_t);
 			}