diff --git a/static/html/5xx.html b/static/html/5xx.html
index 283c869dad..b0297c7250 100644
--- a/static/html/5xx.html
+++ b/static/html/5xx.html
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@
         </div>
 
         <br/>
-        <p class="lead">500: Internal server error.<p>
+        <p class="lead">Internal server error.<p>
 
-        <p>Well oops. This one's probably our fault. Sorry about that!</p>
+        <p>Well oops. This one's probably our fault. Sorry about that! Updates on service availability are posted to
+        <a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/ZulipStatus"
+            data-widget-id="443457763394334720"
+            data-screen-name="ZulipStatus"
+            >@ZulipStatus on Twitter</a>.</p>
 
         <p>If you'd like, you can <a href="mailto:support@zulip.com?Subject=500%20error%20on%20%7Bwhich%20URL%3F%7D&Body=Hi%20there%21%0A%0AI%20was%20trying%20to%20do%20%7Bwhat%20were%20you%20trying%20to%20do%3F%7D%20at%20around%20%7Bwhen%20was%20this%3F%7D%20when%20I%20got%20a%20500%20error%20while%20accessing%20%7Bwhich%20URL%3F%7D.%0A%0AThanks!%0A%0ASincerely%2C%20%0A%0A%7BYour%20name%7D">drop us a line</a> to let us know what happened.</p>
     </div>
diff --git a/templates/500.html b/templates/500.html
index 9366b0d434..402165fc41 100644
--- a/templates/500.html
+++ b/templates/500.html
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
 <br/>
 <p class="lead">500: Internal server error.</p>
 
-<p>Well oops. This one's probably our fault. Sorry about that!</p>
+<p>Well oops. This one's probably our fault. Sorry about that! Updates on
+service availability are posted to
+<a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/ZulipStatus"
+   data-widget-id="443457763394334720"
+   data-screen-name="ZulipStatus"
+>@ZulipStatus on Twitter</a>.</p>
 
 <p>If you'd like, you can <a href="mailto:{{ zulip_admin }}?Subject=500%20error%20on%20%7Bwhich%20URL%3F%7D&Body=Hi%20there%21%0A%0AI%20was%20trying%20to%20do%20%7Bwhat%20were%20you%20trying%20to%20do%3F%7D%20at%20around%20%7Bwhen%20was%20this%3F%7D%20when%20I%20got%20a%20500%20error%20while%20accessing%20%7Bwhich%20URL%3F%7D.%0A%0AThanks!%0A%0ASincerely%2C%20%0A%0A%7BYour%20name%7D">drop us a line</a> to let us know what happened.</p>