diff --git a/include/tidyenum.h b/include/tidyenum.h
index 565eee9..b4d3410 100644
--- a/include/tidyenum.h
+++ b/include/tidyenum.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define FOREACH_MSG_MISC(FN) \
 /** File can't be opened */                        FN(FILE_CANT_OPEN)              \
+/** Not a file */                                  FN(FILE_NOT_FILE)               \
 /** line %d column %d */                           FN(LINE_COLUMN_STRING)          \
 /** Document content looks like %s */              FN(STRING_CONTENT_LOOKS)        \
 /** discarding */                                  FN(STRING_DISCARDING)           \
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 0026dc9..f1b62d0 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ int TY_(ParseConfigFileEnc)( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr file, ctmbstr charenc )
 
     if ( fin == NULL || enc < 0 )
     {
-        TY_(FileError)( doc, fname, TidyConfig );
+        TY_(FileError)( doc, fname, TidyConfig, FILE_CANT_OPEN );
         return -1;
     }
     else
diff --git a/src/language_en.h b/src/language_en.h
index 364f69b..aafef19 100644
--- a/src/language_en.h
+++ b/src/language_en.h
@@ -1545,6 +1545,7 @@ static languageDefinition language_en = { whichPluralForm_en, {
      ** @rename enum generator FOREACH_MSG_MISC
      ********************************************/
     { FILE_CANT_OPEN,               0,   "Can't open \"%s\"\n"                                                     },
+    { FILE_NOT_FILE,                0,   "\"%s\" is not a file!\n"                                                 },
     { LINE_COLUMN_STRING,           0,   "line %d column %d - "                                                    },
     { STRING_CONTENT_LOOKS,         0,   "Document content looks like %s"                                          },
     {/* For example, "discarding invalid UTF-16 surrogate pair" */
diff --git a/src/mappedio.c b/src/mappedio.c
index f80c978..e5da343 100644
--- a/src/mappedio.c
+++ b/src/mappedio.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ int TY_(DocParseFileWithMappedFile)( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr filnam ) {
         TY_(freeStreamIn)( in );
     }
     else /* Error message! */
-        TY_(FileError)( doc, filnam, TidyError );
+        TY_(FileError)( doc, filnam, TidyError, FILE_CANT_OPEN );
     return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/message.c b/src/message.c
index 2c5587e..8efa9f2 100755
--- a/src/message.c
+++ b/src/message.c
@@ -459,9 +459,9 @@ void TY_(ReportFatal)( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *element, Node *node, uint code)
  *********************************************************************/
 
 
-void TY_(FileError)( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr file, TidyReportLevel level )
+void TY_(FileError)( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr file, TidyReportLevel level, uint code )
 {
-    TidyMessageImpl *message = TY_(tidyMessageCreate)( doc, FILE_CANT_OPEN, level, file);
+    TidyMessageImpl *message = TY_(tidyMessageCreate)( doc, code, level, file);
     messageOut( message );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/message.h b/src/message.h
index 25a96f0..82a3622 100644
--- a/src/message.h
+++ b/src/message.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void TY_(ReportFatal)(TidyDocImpl* doc, Node* element, Node* node, uint code);
 /** @{ */
 
 
-void TY_(FileError)( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr file, TidyReportLevel level );
+void TY_(FileError)( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr file, TidyReportLevel level, uint code );
 void TY_(ReportAttrError)( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node* node, AttVal* av, uint code );
 void TY_(ReportBadArgument)( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr option );
 void TY_(ReportEncodingError)(TidyDocImpl* doc, uint code, uint c, Bool discarded);
diff --git a/src/tidylib.c b/src/tidylib.c
index 62afefe..25343d5 100755
--- a/src/tidylib.c
+++ b/src/tidylib.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ FILE* TIDY_CALL   tidySetErrorFile( TidyDoc tdoc, ctmbstr errfilnam )
             return errout;
         }
         else /* Emit message to current error sink */
-            TY_(FileError)( impl, errfilnam, TidyError );
+            TY_(FileError)( impl, errfilnam, TidyError, FILE_CANT_OPEN );
     }
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -1068,11 +1068,21 @@ int TIDY_CALL  tidyParseSource( TidyDoc tdoc, TidyInputSource* source )
 
 int   tidyDocParseFile( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr filnam )
 {
+    int status = -ENOENT;
+    FILE* fin = fopen( filnam, "r+" );
+
+    if ( !fin )
+    {
+        TY_(FileError)( doc, filnam, TidyError, FILE_NOT_FILE );
+        return status;
+    }
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
     return TY_(DocParseFileWithMappedFile)( doc, filnam );
 #else
-    int status = -ENOENT;
-    FILE* fin = fopen( filnam, "rb" );
+
+    fclose( fin );
+    fin = fopen( filnam, "rb" );
 
 #if PRESERVE_FILE_TIMES
     struct stat sbuf = {0};
@@ -1099,7 +1109,7 @@ int   tidyDocParseFile( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr filnam )
         TY_(freeStreamIn)(in);
     }
     else /* Error message! */
-        TY_(FileError)( doc, filnam, TidyError );
+        TY_(FileError)( doc, filnam, TidyError, FILE_CANT_OPEN );
     return status;
 #endif
 }
@@ -1213,7 +1223,7 @@ int         tidyDocSaveFile( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr filnam )
 #endif /* PRESERVFILETIMES */
     }
     if ( status < 0 ) /* Error message! */
-        TY_(FileError)( doc, filnam, TidyError );
+        TY_(FileError)( doc, filnam, TidyError, FILE_CANT_OPEN );
     return status;
 }