diff --git a/mayan/apps/checkouts/exceptions.py b/mayan/apps/checkouts/exceptions.py
index c0119f6d7e..46378eca0b 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/checkouts/exceptions.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/checkouts/exceptions.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext
+
+
 class DocumentNotCheckedOut(Exception):
     """
     Raised when trying to checkin a document that is not checkedout
@@ -9,4 +12,5 @@ class DocumentAlreadyCheckedOut(Exception):
     """
     Raised when trying to checkout an already checkedout document
     """
-    pass
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return ugettext('Document already checked out.')