diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/common/json.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/common/json.test.ts
index 5ad413c6f36..42a0804c113 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/common/json.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/common/json.test.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import {
-	SyntaxKind, createScanner, parse, getLocation, Node, ParseError, parseTree, ParseErrorCode,
-	getParseErrorMessage, ParseOptions, Segment, findNodeAtLocation, getNodeValue, ScanError
+	SyntaxKind, createScanner, parse, getLocation, Node, ParseError, parseTree, ParseErrorCode, ParseOptions, Segment, findNodeAtLocation, getNodeValue, ScanError
 } from 'vs/base/common/json';
+import { getParseErrorMessage } from "vs/base/common/jsonErrorMessages";
 
 function assertKinds(text: string, ...kinds: SyntaxKind[]): void {
 	var scanner = createScanner(text);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionPoints.ts b/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionPoints.ts
index 1eb54c3f49e..0e485dd8969 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionPoints.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/node/extensionPoints.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import Types = require('vs/base/common/types');
 import { isValidExtensionDescription } from 'vs/platform/extensions/node/extensionValidator';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
 import { getIdAndVersionFromLocalExtensionId } from 'vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagementUtil';
+import { getParseErrorMessage } from "vs/base/common/jsonErrorMessages";
 
 const MANIFEST_FILE = 'package.json';
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ class ExtensionManifestParser extends ExtensionManifestHandler {
 			try {
 				return JSON.parse(manifestContents.toString());
 			} catch (e) {
-				this._collector.error(this._absoluteFolderPath, nls.localize('jsonParseFail', "Failed to parse {0}: {1}.", this._absoluteManifestPath, json.getParseErrorMessage(e.message)));
+				this._collector.error(this._absoluteFolderPath, nls.localize('jsonParseFail', "Failed to parse {0}: {1}.", this._absoluteManifestPath, getParseErrorMessage(e.message)));
 			}
 			return null;
 		}, (err) => {
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ class ExtensionManifestNLSReplacer extends ExtensionManifestHandler {
 					return ExtensionManifestNLSReplacer.resolveOriginalMessageBundle(messageBundle.original, errors).then(originalMessages => {
 						if (errors.length > 0) {
 							errors.forEach((error) => {
-								this._collector.error(this._absoluteFolderPath, nls.localize('jsonsParseFail', "Failed to parse {0} or {1}: {2}.", messageBundle.localized, messageBundle.original, json.getParseErrorMessage(error.error)));
+								this._collector.error(this._absoluteFolderPath, nls.localize('jsonsParseFail', "Failed to parse {0} or {1}: {2}.", messageBundle.localized, messageBundle.original, getParseErrorMessage(error.error)));
 							});
 							return extensionDescription;
 						}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/themes/electron-browser/workbenchThemeService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/themes/electron-browser/workbenchThemeService.ts
index 2b5a118ce74..a72c48e41d8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/themes/electron-browser/workbenchThemeService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/themes/electron-browser/workbenchThemeService.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import pfs = require('vs/base/node/pfs');
 import colorThemeSchema = require('vs/workbench/services/themes/common/colorThemeSchema');
 import fileIconThemeSchema = require('vs/workbench/services/themes/common/fileIconThemeSchema');
 import { IDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
+import { getParseErrorMessage } from "vs/base/common/jsonErrorMessages";
 
 // implementation
 
@@ -753,7 +754,7 @@ function _loadIconThemeDocument(fileSetPath: string): TPromise<IconThemeDocument
 		let errors: Json.ParseError[] = [];
 		let contentValue = Json.parse(content.toString(), errors);
 		if (errors.length > 0) {
-			return TPromise.wrapError(new Error(nls.localize('error.cannotparseicontheme', "Problems parsing file icons file: {0}", errors.map(e => Json.getParseErrorMessage(e.error)).join(', '))));
+			return TPromise.wrapError(new Error(nls.localize('error.cannotparseicontheme', "Problems parsing file icons file: {0}", errors.map(e => getParseErrorMessage(e.error)).join(', '))));
 		}
 		return TPromise.as(contentValue);
 	});