diff --git a/includes/installer/DatabaseInstaller.php b/includes/installer/DatabaseInstaller.php
index 957ee511b30..ae265c61198 100644
--- a/includes/installer/DatabaseInstaller.php
+++ b/includes/installer/DatabaseInstaller.php
@@ -547,11 +547,13 @@ abstract class DatabaseInstaller {
 			return $status;
 		}
 		global $IP;
+		wfSuppressWarnings();
 		$rows = file( "$IP/maintenance/interwiki.list",
 			FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES );
+		wfRestoreWarnings();
 		$interwikis = array();
 		if ( !$rows ) {
-			return Status::newFatal( 'config-install-interwiki-sql' );
+			return Status::newFatal( 'config-install-interwiki-list' );
 		}
 		foreach( $rows as $row ) {
 			$row = preg_replace( '/^\s*([^#]*?)\s*(#.*)?$/', '\\1', $row ); // strip comments - whee
diff --git a/includes/installer/Installer.i18n.php b/includes/installer/Installer.i18n.php
index dc638bc7b73..5aaed093a44 100644
--- a/includes/installer/Installer.i18n.php
+++ b/includes/installer/Installer.i18n.php
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Make sure that the user "$1" can write to the schema "$2".',
 Skipping creation.",
 	'config-install-tables-failed'    => "'''Error''': Table creation failed with the following error: $1",
 	'config-install-interwiki'        => 'Populating default interwiki table',
-	'config-install-interwiki-sql'    => 'Could not find file <code>interwiki.sql</code>.',
+	'config-install-interwiki-list'   => 'Could not read file <code>interwiki.list</code>.',
 	'config-install-interwiki-exists' => "'''Warning''': The interwiki table seems to already have entries.
 Skipping default list.",
 	'config-install-stats'            => 'Initializing statistics',