diff --git a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
index 682af27ed..d847e5f33 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
@@ -2714,16 +2714,20 @@ class e_parser
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Generic variable translator for LAN definitions. 
+	 * Generic variable translator for LAN definitions.
 	 * @param $lan - string LAN
-	 * @param $vals - either a single value, which will replace '[x]' or an array with key=>value pairs. 
-	 * @example $tp->lanVars("My name is [x] and I own a [y]", array('x'=>"John", 'y'=>"Cat")); 
+	 * @param string | array $vals - either a single value, which will replace '[x]' or an array with key=>value pairs.
+	 * @example $tp->lanVars("My name is [x] and I own a [y]", array('x'=>"John", 'y'=>"Cat"));
+	 * @return string
 	 */
 	function lanVars($lan, $vals, $bold=false)
 	{
 		
 		$array = (!is_array($vals)) ? array('x'=>$vals) : $vals;
-		
+
+		$search = array();
+		$replace = array();
+
 		foreach($array as $k=>$v)
 		{
 			$search[] = "[".$k."]";
diff --git a/e107_handlers/login.php b/e107_handlers/login.php
index ccdb00b61..c9946db6b 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/login.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/login.php
@@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ class userlogin
 				if($fails >= $failLimit)
 				{
 					$time = time();
-					e107::getIPHandler()->add_ban(4,LAN_LOGIN_18,$this->userIP,1);
+					$description = e107::getParser()->lanVars(LAN_LOGIN_18,$failLimit);
+					e107::getIPHandler()->add_ban(4, $description, $this->userIP, 1);
 					e107::getDb()->insert("generic", "0, 'auto_banned', '".$time."', 0, '{$this->userIP}', '{$extra_text}', '".LAN_LOGIN_20.": ".e107::getParser()->toDB($username).", ".LAN_LOGIN_17.": ".md5($ouserpass)."' ");
 					e107::getEvent()->trigger('user_ban_failed_login', array('time'=>$time, 'ip'=>$this->userIP, 'other'=>$extra_text)); 
 				}
diff --git a/e107_languages/English/lan_login.php b/e107_languages/English/lan_login.php
index 9152490ff..d4cf10973 100644
--- a/e107_languages/English/lan_login.php
+++ b/e107_languages/English/lan_login.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ define('LAN_LOGIN_14', 'User attempted to login with unrecognised user name');
 define('LAN_LOGIN_15', 'User attempted to login with incorrect password');
 define('LAN_LOGIN_16', 'User attempted to login with username/password combination that was already in use');
 define('LAN_LOGIN_17', 'User password (hashed)');
-define('LAN_LOGIN_18', 'Auto-ban: More than 10 failed login attempts');
+define('LAN_LOGIN_18', 'Auto-ban: More than [x] failed login attempts');
 define('LAN_LOGIN_19', '> 10 failed login attempts');
 define('LAN_LOGIN_20', 'You left required field(s) blank');
 define('LAN_LOGIN_21', "Incorrect login. The entered data doesn't match to a registered user. Check if you have the CAPS-LOCK key activated as logins on this site are case sensitive");