diff --git a/inc/config.php b/inc/config.php
index c55163ab..12aaade7 100644
--- a/inc/config.php
+++ b/inc/config.php
@@ -699,6 +699,9 @@
 	// How many ban appeals can be made for a single ban?
 	$config['ban_appeals_max'] = 1;
 
+	// Maximum character length of appeal.
+	$config['ban_appeal_max_chars'] = 250;
+
 	// Show moderator name on ban page.
 	$config['show_modname'] = false;
 
@@ -1184,6 +1187,11 @@
 	$config['error']['noreport']		= _('You didn\'t select anything to report.');
 	$config['error']['toolongreport']	= _('The reason was too long.');
 	$config['error']['toomanyreports']	= _('You can\'t report that many posts at once.');
+	$config['error']['noban']			= _('That ban doesn\'t exist or is not for you.');
+	$config['error']['tooshortban']		= _('You cannot appeal a ban of this length.');
+	$config['error']['toolongappeal']	= _('The appeal was too long.');
+	$config['error']['toomanyappeals']	= _('You cannot appeal this ban again.');
+	$config['error']['pendingappeal']	= _('There is already a pending appeal for this ban.');
 	$config['error']['invalidpassword']	= _('Wrong password…');
 	$config['error']['invalidimg']		= _('Invalid image.');
 	$config['error']['phpfileserror']	= _('Upload failure (file #%index%): Error code %code%. Refer to <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.errors.php">http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.errors.php</a>; post discarded.');
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 0d9baa07..65efe4d3 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -1371,23 +1371,28 @@ if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
 	}
 
 	if (!isset($ban)) {
-		error(_("That ban doesn't exist or is not for you."));
+		error($config['error']['noban']);
 	}
 
 	if ($ban['expires'] && $ban['expires'] - $ban['created'] <= $config['ban_appeals_min_length']) {
-		error(_("You cannot appeal a ban of this length."));
+		error($config['error']['tooshortban']);
 	}
 
 	$query = query("SELECT `denied` FROM ``ban_appeals`` WHERE `ban_id` = $ban_id") or error(db_error());
 	$ban_appeals = $query->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_COLUMN);
 
 	if (count($ban_appeals) >= $config['ban_appeals_max']) {
-		error(_("You cannot appeal this ban again."));
+		error($config['error']['toomanyappeals']);
 	}
 
 	foreach ($ban_appeals as $is_denied) {
-		if (!$is_denied)
-			error(_("There is already a pending appeal for this ban."));
+		if (!$is_denied) {
+			error($config['error']['pendingappeal']);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (strlen($_POST['appeal']) > $config['ban_appeal_max_chars']) {
+		error($config['error']['toolongappeal']);
 	}
 
 	$query = prepare("INSERT INTO ``ban_appeals`` VALUES (NULL, :ban_id, :time, :message, 0)");
diff --git a/templates/banned.html b/templates/banned.html
index eb8f0d9f..73d2d15b 100644
--- a/templates/banned.html
+++ b/templates/banned.html
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 			{% endif %}
 			<form class="ban-appeal" action="{{ config.file_post }}" method="post">
 				<input type="hidden" name="ban_id" value="{{ ban.id }}">
-				<textarea name="appeal" rows="4" cols="40"></textarea>
+				<textarea name="appeal" rows="4" cols="40" maxlength="{{ config.ban_appeal_max_chars }}"></textarea>
 				<input type="submit" value="Submit">
 			</form>
 		{% endif %}