diff --git a/modules/file/file.js b/modules/file/file.js
index 1071384..851ec53 100644
--- a/modules/file/file.js
+++ b/modules/file/file.js
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ Drupal.file = Drupal.file || {
       var acceptableMatch = new RegExp('\\.(' + extensionPattern + ')$', 'gi');
       if (!acceptableMatch.test(this.value)) {
         var error = Drupal.t("The selected file %filename cannot be uploaded. Only files with the following extensions are allowed: %extensions.", {
-          '%filename': this.value,
+          // According to the specifications of HTML5, a file upload control should not reveal the real local
+          // path to the file that a user has selected. Some web browsers implement this restriction by replacing
+          // the local path with "C:\fakepath\", which can cause confusion by leaving the user thinking that 
+          // perhaps Drupal could not find the file because it messed up the file path. To avoid this confusion,
+          // therefore, we strip out the bogus fakepath string.
+          // @see http://drupal.org/node/1037632
+          '%filename': this.value.replace("C:\\fakepath\\", ""),
           '%extensions': extensionPattern.replace(/\|/g, ', ')
         });
         $(this).parents('div.form-managed-file').prepend('<div class="messages error file-upload-js-error">' + error + '</div>');