diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.js
index 32c05dfb36..bb3840d1dc 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.js
@@ -140,7 +140,12 @@ module.exports = LinkedFilesController = {
   handleError(error, req, res, next) {
     if (error instanceof AccessDeniedError) {
       res.status(403)
-      plainTextResponse(res, 'You do not have access to this project')
+      plainTextResponse(
+        res,
+        res.locals.translate(
+          'the_project_that_contains_this_file_is_not_shared_with_you'
+        )
+      )
     } else if (error instanceof BadDataError) {
       res.status(400)
       plainTextResponse(res, 'The submitted data is not valid')
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json b/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
index 97ae4e8f4c..3a3862a739 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
+++ b/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "access_denied": "",
   "access_your_projects_with_git": "",
   "account_not_linked_to_dropbox": "",
   "account_settings": "",
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-header.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-header.js
index 92b5772bf4..a61d6b2d70 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-header.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-header.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export default function FileViewHeader({ file, storeReferencesKeys }) {
         <div className="row">
           <br />
           <div className="alert alert-danger col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
-            {t('error')}: {refreshError}
+            {t('access_denied')}: {refreshError}
             {tprLinkedFileRefreshError.map(
               ({ import: { LinkedFileRefreshError }, path }) => (
                 <LinkedFileRefreshError key={path} file={file} />
diff --git a/services/web/locales/en.json b/services/web/locales/en.json
index def15faf10..38c5d498dd 100644
--- a/services/web/locales/en.json
+++ b/services/web/locales/en.json
@@ -1793,5 +1793,7 @@
   "would_you_like_to_see_a_university_subscription": "Would you like to see a university-wide __appName__ subscription at your university?",
   "student_and_faculty_support_make_difference": "Student and faculty support make a difference! We can share this information with our contacts at your university when discussing an Overleaf institutional account.",
   "show_your_support": "Show your support",
-  "approaching_compile_timeout_limit_upgrade_for_more_compile_time": "You are approaching your compile timeout limit. Upgrade to <strong>Overleaf Premium</strong> for <0>4x more</0> compile time."
+  "approaching_compile_timeout_limit_upgrade_for_more_compile_time": "You are approaching your compile timeout limit. Upgrade to <strong>Overleaf Premium</strong> for <0>4x more</0> compile time.",
+  "access_denied": "Access Denied",
+  "the_project_that_contains_this_file_is_not_shared_with_you": "The project that contains this file is not shared with you"
 }
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/src/LinkedFilesTests.js b/services/web/test/acceptance/src/LinkedFilesTests.js
index f36f1a8daa..4913db983f 100644
--- a/services/web/test/acceptance/src/LinkedFilesTests.js
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/src/LinkedFilesTests.js
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ describe('LinkedFiles', function () {
         },
       }))
       expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(403)
-      expect(body).to.equal('You do not have access to this project')
+      expect(body).to.equal(
+        'The project that contains this file is not shared with you'
+      )
     })
 
     it('should generate a proper error message when the source file has been deleted', async function () {