diff --git a/src/gamelog.cpp b/src/gamelog.cpp
index 400c0d22fb..b21823c95b 100644
--- a/src/gamelog.cpp
+++ b/src/gamelog.cpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void GamelogRevision()
 	if (lc == NULL) return;
 
 	memset(lc->revision.text, 0, sizeof(lc->revision.text));
-	strecpy(lc->revision.text, _openttd_revision, lastof(lc->revision.text));
+	strecpy(lc->revision.text, _openttd_revision, lastof(lc->revision.text), true);
 	lc->revision.slver = SAVEGAME_VERSION;
 	lc->revision.modified = _openttd_revision_modified;
 	lc->revision.newgrf = _openttd_newgrf_version;
diff --git a/src/string.cpp b/src/string.cpp
index 1ceae6061b..677152ef1e 100644
--- a/src/string.cpp
+++ b/src/string.cpp
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ char *strecat(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last)
  *
  * Copies the source string to the destination buffer with respect of the
  * terminating null-character and the last pointer to the last element in
- * the destination buffer. If the last pointer is set to NULL no boundary
- * check is performed.
+ * the destination buffer.
  *
  * @note usage: strecpy(dst, src, lastof(dst));
  * @note lastof() applies only to fixed size arrays
@@ -96,9 +95,10 @@ char *strecat(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last)
  * @param dst The destination buffer
  * @param src The buffer containing the string to copy
  * @param last The pointer to the last element of the destination buffer
+ * @param quiet_mode If set to true, emitted warning for truncating the input string is emitted at level 1 instead of 0
  * @return The pointer to the terminating null-character in the destination buffer
  */
-char *strecpy(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last)
+char *strecpy(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last, bool quiet_mode)
 {
 	assert(dst <= last);
 	while (dst != last && *src != '\0') {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ char *strecpy(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last)
 #if defined(STRGEN) || defined(SETTINGSGEN)
 		error("String too long for destination buffer");
 #else /* STRGEN || SETTINGSGEN */
-		DEBUG(misc, 0, "String too long for destination buffer");
+		DEBUG(misc, quiet_mode ? 1 : 0, "String too long for destination buffer");
 #endif /* STRGEN || SETTINGSGEN */
 	}
 	return dst;
diff --git a/src/string_func.h b/src/string_func.h
index dd9b42600d..4bc401630b 100644
--- a/src/string_func.h
+++ b/src/string_func.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "string_type.h"
 
 char *strecat(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last);
-char *strecpy(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last);
+char *strecpy(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last, bool quiet_mode = false);
 char *stredup(const char *src, const char *last = NULL);
 
 int CDECL seprintf(char *str, const char *last, const char *format, ...) WARN_FORMAT(3, 4);