diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index 02ddc02a2..acd734b1d 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
     "service_status_failed" : "Unable to determine status of service '{:s}'",
     "service_no_log" : "No log to display for service '{:s}'",
     "service_cmd_exec_failed" : "Unable to execute command '{:s}'",
+    "services_configured": "Configuration successfully generated",
+    "service_configuration_conflict": "The file {file:s} has been changed since its last generation. Please apply the modifications manually or use the option --force (it will erase all the modifications previously done to the file)",
+    "no_such_conf_file": "Unable to copy the file {file:s}: the file does not exist",
+    "service_add_configuration": "Adding the configuration file {file:s}",
+
 
     "network_check_smtp_ok" : "Outbound mail (SMTP port 25) is not blocked",
     "network_check_smtp_ko" : "Outbound mail (SMTP port 25) seems to be blocked by your network",
diff --git a/locales/fr.json b/locales/fr.json
index 86ab7fbf9..0fe221e3c 100644
--- a/locales/fr.json
+++ b/locales/fr.json
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@
     "service_stop_failed": "Impossible d'arrêter le service '{:s}'", 
     "service_stopped": "Service '{:s}' arrêté avec succès", 
     "service_unknown": "Service '{:s}' inconnu", 
+    "services_configured": "La configuration a été générée avec succès",
+    "service_configuration_conflict": "Le fichier {file:s} a été modifié depuis sa dernière génération. Veuillez y appliquer les modifications manuellement ou utiliser l’option --force (ce qui écrasera toutes les modifications effectuées sur le fichier)",
+    "no_such_conf_file": "Le fichier {file:s} n’existe pas, il ne peut pas être copié",
+    "service_add_configuration": "Ajout du fichier de configuration {file:s}",
     "ssowat_conf_generated": "Configuration de SSOwat générée avec succès", 
     "ssowat_conf_updated": "Configuration persistante de SSOwat mise à jour avec succès", 
     "system_upgraded": "Système mis à jour avec succès", 
diff --git a/src/yunohost/service.py b/src/yunohost/service.py
index 2a69b4d2d..4292fbac7 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/service.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/service.py
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ def service_saferemove(service, conf_file, force=False):
         if os.isatty(1) and \
            (len(previous_hash) == 32 or previous_hash[-32:] != current_hash):
             msignals.display(
-                m18n.n('service_configuration_changed', conf_file),
+                m18n.n('service_configuration_conflict', file=conf_file),
                 'warning'
             )
 
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ def service_safecopy(service, new_conf_file, conf_file, force=False):
     services = _get_services()
 
     if not os.path.exists(new_conf_file):
-        raise MoulinetteError(errno.EIO, m18n.n('no_such_conf_file', new_conf_file))
+        raise MoulinetteError(errno.EIO, m18n.n('no_such_conf_file', file=new_conf_file))
 
     with open(new_conf_file, 'r') as f:
         new_conf = ''.join(f.readlines()).rstrip()
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ def service_safecopy(service, new_conf_file, conf_file, force=False):
         )
         process.wait()
     else:
-        msignals.display(m18n.n('service_add_configuration', conf_file),
+        msignals.display(m18n.n('service_add_configuration', file=conf_file),
                          'info')
 
     # Add the service if it does not exist
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ def service_safecopy(service, new_conf_file, conf_file, force=False):
         new_hash = previous_hash
         if (len(previous_hash) == 32 or previous_hash[-32:] != current_hash):
             msignals.display(
-                m18n.n('service_configuration_conflict', conf_file),
+                m18n.n('service_configuration_conflict', file=conf_file),
                 'warning'
             )
             print('\n' + conf_file)