As CptnKirk says, create a JIRA request for overriding the message on the s:validate tag, sounds like the only way to do what you want... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4037139#4037139 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4037139