diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 43a8aeb08eb1c..6ccbbc1c01318 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ email_not_associate = The email address is not associated with any account.
 send_reset_mail = Send Account Recovery Email
 reset_password = Account Recovery
 invalid_code = Your confirmation code is invalid or has expired.
+invalid_password = Your password does not match the password that was used to create the account.
 reset_password_helper = Recover Account
 reset_password_wrong_user = You are signed in as %s, but the account recovery link is for %s
 password_too_short = Password length cannot be less than %d characters.
diff --git a/routers/web/auth/auth.go b/routers/web/auth/auth.go
index 71a62bce65420..48b7dc6862ae4 100644
--- a/routers/web/auth/auth.go
+++ b/routers/web/auth/auth.go
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func Activate(ctx *context.Context) {
 	user := user_model.VerifyUserActiveCode(code)
 	// if code is wrong
 	if user == nil {
-		ctx.Data["IsActivateFailed"] = true
+		ctx.Data["IsCodeInvalid"] = true
 		ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, TplActivate)
 		return
 	}
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ func ActivatePost(ctx *context.Context) {
 	user := user_model.VerifyUserActiveCode(code)
 	// if code is wrong
 	if user == nil {
-		ctx.Data["IsActivateFailed"] = true
+		ctx.Data["IsCodeInvalid"] = true
 		ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, TplActivate)
 		return
 	}
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func ActivatePost(ctx *context.Context) {
 			return
 		}
 		if !user.ValidatePassword(password) {
-			ctx.Data["IsActivateFailed"] = true
+			ctx.Data["IsPasswordInvalid"] = true
 			ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, TplActivate)
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/templates/user/auth/activate.tmpl b/templates/user/auth/activate.tmpl
index eba9e3229b211..ef72ef1e54506 100644
--- a/templates/user/auth/activate.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/auth/activate.tmpl
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
 							<input id="code" name="code" type="hidden" value="{{.Code}}">
 						{{else if .IsSendRegisterMail}}
 							<p>{{.locale.Tr "auth.confirmation_mail_sent_prompt" (.Email|Escape) .ActiveCodeLives | Str2html}}</p>
-						{{else if .IsActivateFailed}}
+						{{else if .IsCodeInvalid}}
 							<p>{{.locale.Tr "auth.invalid_code"}}</p>
+						{{else if .IsPasswordInvalid}}
+							<p>{{.locale.Tr "auth.invalid_password"}}</p>
 						{{else if .ManualActivationOnly}}
 							<p class="center">{{.locale.Tr "auth.manual_activation_only"}}</p>
 						{{else}}