diff --git a/src/localize.c b/src/localize.c
index 08778c1..3fe3b08 100755
--- a/src/localize.c
+++ b/src/localize.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct _msgfmt
 
   /* attribute name */
   { INSERTING_ATTRIBUTE,          "%s inserting \"%s\" attribute"                                           }, /* Warning in CheckLINK, Error otherwise */
-  { INSERTING_AUTO_ATTRIBUTE,     "%s inserting \"%s\" attribute using value \"%s\""                        }, /* Error */
+  { INSERTING_AUTO_ATTRIBUTE,     "%s inserting \"%s\" attribute using value \"%s\""                        }, /* Warning */
   { MISSING_ATTR_VALUE,           "%s attribute \"%s\" lacks value"                                         }, /* Warning in CheckUrl, Error otherwise */
   { UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE,            "%s unknown attribute \"%s\""                                             }, /* Error */
   { PROPRIETARY_ATTRIBUTE,        "%s proprietary attribute \"%s\""                                         }, /* Error */
diff --git a/src/tags.c b/src/tags.c
index 08bc6c4..35a172c 100644
--- a/src/tags.c
+++ b/src/tags.c
@@ -852,14 +852,15 @@ void CheckIMG( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *node )
 
     if ( !HasAlt )
     {
-        if ( cfg(doc, TidyAccessibilityCheckLevel) == 0 && !cfgStr(doc, TidyAltText) )
+        ctmbstr alttext = cfgStr(doc, TidyAltText);
+        if ( ( cfg(doc, TidyAccessibilityCheckLevel) == 0 ) && ( !alttext ) )
         {
             doc->badAccess |= BA_MISSING_IMAGE_ALT;
             TY_(ReportMissingAttr)( doc, node, "alt" );
         }
 
-        if ( cfgStr(doc, TidyAltText) ) {
-            AttVal *attval = TY_(AddAttribute)( doc, node, "alt", cfgStr(doc, TidyAltText) );
+        if ( alttext ) {
+            AttVal *attval = TY_(AddAttribute)( doc, node, "alt", alttext );
             TY_(ReportAttrError)( doc, node, attval, INSERTING_AUTO_ATTRIBUTE);
         }
     }