diff --git a/src/ui/messagebox.cpp b/src/ui/messagebox.cpp
index 1f1d79995..d6f7f201d 100644
--- a/src/ui/messagebox.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/messagebox.cpp
@@ -1,84 +1,94 @@
 /*
     messagebox.cpp
 
     This file is part of libkleopatra, the KDE keymanagement library
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #include <config-libkleo.h>
 
 #include "messagebox.h"
 
 #include "auditlogviewer.h"
 
 #include <kleo/auditlogentry.h>
 
 #include <kleo_ui_debug.h>
 
 #include <KGuiItem>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 
 #include <QGpgME/Job>
 
 #include <QDialog>
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
 #include <QPushButton>
 
 #include <gpgme++/encryptionresult.h>
 #include <gpgme++/signingresult.h>
 
 #include <gpg-error.h>
 
 using namespace Kleo;
 using namespace GpgME;
 using namespace QGpgME;
 
 namespace
 {
 bool showAuditLogButton(const AuditLogEntry &auditLog)
 {
     if (auditLog.error().code() == GPG_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) {
         qCDebug(KLEO_UI_LOG) << "not showing audit log button (not supported)";
         return false;
     }
     if (auditLog.error().code() == GPG_ERR_NO_DATA) {
         qCDebug(KLEO_UI_LOG) << "not showing audit log button (GPG_ERR_NO_DATA)";
         return false;
     }
     if (!auditLog.error() && auditLog.text().isEmpty()) {
         qCDebug(KLEO_UI_LOG) << "not showing audit log button (success, but result empty)";
         return false;
     }
     return true;
 }
 
 void showMessageBox(QWidget *parent,
                     QMessageBox::Icon icon,
                     const QString &text,
                     const AuditLogEntry &auditLog,
                     const QString &caption,
                     KMessageBox::Options options)
 {
     QDialog *dialog = new QDialog(parent);
     dialog->setWindowTitle(caption);
     QDialogButtonBox *box = new QDialogButtonBox(showAuditLogButton(auditLog) ? (QDialogButtonBox::Yes | QDialogButtonBox::No) : QDialogButtonBox::Yes, parent);
     QPushButton *yesButton = box->button(QDialogButtonBox::Yes);
     yesButton->setDefault(true);
     dialog->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("error"));
     dialog->setModal(true);
     KGuiItem::assign(yesButton, KStandardGuiItem::ok());
     KGuiItem::assign(box->button(QDialogButtonBox::No), KGuiItem(i18n("&Show Audit Log")));
 
     if (QDialogButtonBox::No == KMessageBox::createKMessageBox(dialog, box, icon, text, QStringList(), QString(), nullptr, options)) {
         AuditLogViewer::showAuditLog(parent, auditLog);
     }
 }
 }
 
+void MessageBox::information(QWidget *parent, const QString &text, const Kleo::AuditLogEntry &auditLog, const QString &title, KMessageBox::Options options)
+{
+    showMessageBox(parent, QMessageBox::Information, text, auditLog, title.isEmpty() ? i18nc("@title:window", "Information") : title, options);
+}
+
+void MessageBox::error(QWidget *parent, const QString &text, const Kleo::AuditLogEntry &auditLog, const QString &title, KMessageBox::Options options)
+{
+    showMessageBox(parent, QMessageBox::Critical, text, auditLog, title.isEmpty() ? i18nc("@title:window", "Error") : title, options);
+}
+
 void MessageBox::auditLog(QWidget *parent, const QString &log, const QString &title)
 {
     AuditLogViewer::showAuditLog(parent, AuditLogEntry{log, Error{}}, title);
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/messagebox.h b/src/ui/messagebox.h
index 5cbf7a789..1f09f7595 100644
--- a/src/ui/messagebox.h
+++ b/src/ui/messagebox.h
@@ -1,42 +1,58 @@
 /*
     messagebox.h
 
     This file is part of libkleopatra, the KDE keymanagement library
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2007 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #pragma once
 
 #include "kleo_export.h"
 
 #include <KMessageBox>
 
 #undef MessageBox // Windows
 
+class QString;
+class QWidget;
+
 namespace GpgME
 {
 class SigningResult;
 class EncryptionResult;
 }
 
 namespace QGpgME
 {
 class Job;
 }
 
-class QWidget;
-class QString;
-
 namespace Kleo
 {
+class AuditLogEntry;
+
 namespace MessageBox
 {
 
+KLEO_EXPORT
+void information(QWidget *parent,
+                 const QString &text,
+                 const Kleo::AuditLogEntry &auditLog,
+                 const QString &title = {},
+                 KMessageBox::Options options = KMessageBox::Notify);
+
+KLEO_EXPORT
+void error(QWidget *parent,
+           const QString &text,
+           const Kleo::AuditLogEntry &auditLog,
+           const QString &title = {},
+           KMessageBox::Options options = KMessageBox::Notify);
+
 KLEO_EXPORT
 KLEO_DEPRECATED_VERSION(5, 23, "Use AuditLogViewer::showAuditLog()")
 void auditLog(QWidget *parent, const QString &log, const QString &title = {});
 
 }
 }