diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
index 02558a3838..cadf66d11e 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         if (!success) {
             Modal.createTrackedDialog("Unable to copy room", "", ErrorDialog, {
                 title: _t("Unable to copy room"),
-                description: _t("Unable to copy room"),
+                description: _t("Unable to copy the room to the clipboard."),
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index ea52d779c3..03801a9899 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -3044,5 +3044,6 @@
     "Space": "Space",
     "End": "End",
     "[number]": "[number]",
-    "Unable to copy room": "Unable to copy room"
+    "Unable to copy room": "Unable to copy room",
+    "Unable to copy the room to the clipboard.": "Unable to copy the room to the clipboard."
 }