diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.cpp
index e2b9f461a..2809e842a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.cpp
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ void DialogueWindow::addText(std::string text)
     mHistory->addDialogText("#B29154"+parseText(text)+"#B29154");
 }
 
-void DialogueWindow::addMessageBox(std::string text)
+void DialogueWindow::addMessageBox(const std::string& text)
 {
     mHistory->addDialogText("\n#FFFFFF"+text+"#B29154");
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.hpp
index c4b86e6c8..72bb6d19a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/dialogue.hpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         void setKeywords(std::list<std::string> keyWord);
         void removeKeyword(std::string keyWord);
         void addText(std::string text);
-        void addMessageBox(std::string text);
+        void addMessageBox(const std::string& text);
         void addTitle(std::string text);
         void askQuestion(std::string question);
         void goodbye();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/containerextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/containerextensions.cpp
index 813ac555f..2ac18a554 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/containerextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/containerextensions.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+
+#include <MyGUI_LanguageManager.h>
+
 #include <components/compiler/extensions.hpp>
 
 #include <components/interpreter/interpreter.hpp>
@@ -102,13 +106,14 @@ namespace MWScript
 
                     Interpreter::Type_Integer count = runtime[0].mInteger;
                     runtime.pop();
-
+                    
                     if (count<0)
                         throw std::runtime_error ("second argument for RemoveItem must be non-negative");
 
                     MWWorld::ContainerStore& store = MWWorld::Class::get (ptr).getContainerStore (ptr);
                     
                     std::string itemName = "";
+                    Interpreter::Type_Integer originalCount = count;
 
                     for (MWWorld::ContainerStoreIterator iter (store.begin()); iter!=store.end() && count;
                         ++iter)
@@ -129,8 +134,26 @@ namespace MWScript
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                  
+                    /* The two GMST entries below expand to strings informing the player of what, and how many of it has been removed from their inventory */
+                    std::string msgBox;
+                    if(originalCount - count > 1)
+                    {
+                        msgBox = MyGUI::LanguageManager::getInstance().replaceTags("#{sNotifyMessage63}");
+                        std::stringstream temp;
+                        temp << boost::format(msgBox) % (originalCount - count) % itemName;
+                        msgBox = temp.str();
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        msgBox = MyGUI::LanguageManager::getInstance().replaceTags("#{sNotifyMessage62}");
+                        std::stringstream temp;
+                        temp << boost::format(msgBox) % itemName;
+                        msgBox = temp.str();
+                    }
                     
-                    MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->messageBox(itemName + " has been removed from your inventory.", std::vector<std::string>());
+                    if(originalCount - count > 0)
+                        MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->messageBox(msgBox, std::vector<std::string>());
 
                     // To be fully compatible with original Morrowind, we would need to check if
                     // count is >= 0 here and throw an exception. But let's be tollerant instead.