diff --git a/app/models/status_message.rb b/app/models/status_message.rb
index aae222173..504000eb3 100644
--- a/app/models/status_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_message.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class StatusMessage < Post
   acts_as_taggable_on :tags
   extract_tags_from :raw_message
 
-  validates_length_of :text, :maximum => 10000, :text => I18n.t('status_messages.too_long', :count => 10000)
+  validates_length_of :text, :maximum => 10000, :too_long => I18n.t('status_messages.too_long', :count => 10000)
   xml_name :status_message
   xml_attr :raw_message