diff --git a/src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp b/src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp
index b0a33e54..1f608e20 100644
--- a/src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 	int GraphicUserInterface::g_customIdCmdA = 0;
 #endif
 
+	// Check if given language has a corresponding translated documentation
+	static BOOL HasTranslatedDocumentation(const char* language)
+	{
+		// hardcoded list of languages for which a translated documentation exists
+		const char* supportedLanguages[] = { "en", "ru", "zh-cn"};
+		for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(supportedLanguages) / sizeof(supportedLanguages[0]); i++)
+		{
+			if (strcmp(language, supportedLanguages[i]) == 0)
+				return TRUE;
+		}
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
 	GraphicUserInterface::GraphicUserInterface () :
 		ActiveFrame (nullptr),
 		BackgroundMode (false),
@@ -1349,7 +1362,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 #ifdef TC_RESOURCE_DIR
 			htmlPath = StringConverter::ToWide (string (TC_TO_STRING (TC_RESOURCE_DIR)) + "/doc/HTML/");
 #elif defined (TC_WINDOWS)
-			htmlPath += L"\\docs\\html\\en\\";
+			htmlPath += L"\\docs\\html\\";
 #elif defined (TC_MACOSX)
 			htmlPath += L"/../Resources/doc/HTML/";
 #elif defined (TC_UNIX)
@@ -1365,17 +1378,24 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 				if (appDirEnv)
 				{
 					htmlPath = wxString::FromUTF8(appDirEnv);
-					htmlPath += "/usr/share/doc/veracrypt/HTML/";
+					htmlPath += L"/usr/share/doc/veracrypt/HTML/";
 				}
 			}
 #endif
 #else
 			localFile = false;
 #endif
+			string preferredLang = LangString.GetPreferredLang();
+			// Use preferred language only if it has translated documentation
+			if (!HasTranslatedDocumentation (preferredLang))
+			{
+				preferredLang = "en";
+			}
+			wstring documentationLang = StringConverter::ToWide (preferredLang);
 			if (localFile)
 			{
 				/* check if local file exists */
-				wxFileName htmlFile = htmlPath + url;
+				wxFileName htmlFile = htmlPath + documentationLang + L"/" + url;
 				htmlFile.Normalize (
 					wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS |
 					wxPATH_NORM_DOTS     |
@@ -1385,11 +1405,32 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 					wxPATH_NORM_TILDE
 				);
 				localFile = htmlFile.FileExists();
+				if (!localFile)
+				{
+					htmlFile = htmlPath + L"en/" + url;
+					htmlFile.Normalize (
+						wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS |
+						wxPATH_NORM_DOTS     |
+						wxPATH_NORM_CASE     |
+						wxPATH_NORM_LONG     |
+						wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT |
+						wxPATH_NORM_TILDE
+					);
+					localFile = htmlFile.FileExists();
+					if (localFile)
+					{
+						htmlPath += L"en/";
+					}
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					htmlPath += documentationLang + L"/";
+				}
 			}
 
 			if (!localFile)
 			{
-				htmlPath = L"https://veracrypt.jp/en/";
+				htmlPath = L"https://veracrypt.jp/" + documentationLang + L"/";
 			}
 			else
 			{
diff --git a/src/Main/LanguageStrings.cpp b/src/Main/LanguageStrings.cpp
index 46c7d644..6a32d965 100644
--- a/src/Main/LanguageStrings.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/LanguageStrings.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 			Map[StringConverter::ToSingle (wstring (node.Attributes[L"key"]))] = text;
 		}
 
-		string translatedXml = Resources::GetLanguageXml();
+		string translatedXml = Resources::GetLanguageXml(PreferredLang);
 		foreach (XmlNode node, XmlParser (translatedXml).GetNodes (L"entry"))
 		{
 			wxString text = node.InnerText;
diff --git a/src/Main/LanguageStrings.h b/src/Main/LanguageStrings.h
index 5664909f..fd42752f 100644
--- a/src/Main/LanguageStrings.h
+++ b/src/Main/LanguageStrings.h
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 
 		bool Exists (const string &key) const { return Map.find (key) != Map.end(); }
 		wstring Get (const string &key) const;
+		string GetPreferredLang () const { return PreferredLang; }
 		void Init ();
 
 	protected:
 		map <string, wstring> Map;
+		string PreferredLang;
 
 	private:
 		LanguageStrings (const LanguageStrings &);
diff --git a/src/Main/Resources.cpp b/src/Main/Resources.cpp
index 4bb36369..729144fc 100644
--- a/src/Main/Resources.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/Resources.cpp
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 	}
 #endif // TC_WINDOWS
 
-	string Resources::GetLanguageXml ()
+	string Resources::GetLanguageXml (string& xmlLang)
 	{
 #ifdef TC_WINDOWS
 		ConstBufferPtr res = GetWindowsResource (L"XML", L"IDR_LANGUAGE");
 		Buffer strBuf (res.Size() + 1);
 		strBuf.Zero();
 		strBuf.CopyFrom (res);
+		xmlLang = "en";
 		return string (reinterpret_cast <char *> (strBuf.Ptr()));
 #else
 		// get language from env LANG
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 #endif
 		string filenamePost(".xml");
 		string filename = filenamePrefix + defaultLang + filenamePost;
-
+		xmlLang = defaultLang;
 		UserPreferences Preferences;
 		Preferences.Load();
 		string preferredLang = string(Preferences.Language.begin(), Preferences.Language.end());
@@ -91,34 +92,42 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 						if (foundUnderscore > 0) {
 							lowerLangTag.replace(foundUnderscore, 1, 1, '-');
 							filename = filenamePrefix + lowerLangTag + filenamePost;
+							xmlLang = lowerLangTag;
 							FilesystemPath xml(filename);
 							if (!xml.IsFile()) {
 								string shortLangTag = lowerLangTag.substr(0, foundUnderscore);
 								filename = filenamePrefix + shortLangTag + filenamePost;
+								xmlLang = shortLangTag;
 								FilesystemPath xml(filename);
 								if (!xml.IsFile()) {
 									filename = filenamePrefix + defaultLang + filenamePost;
+									xmlLang = defaultLang;
 								}
 							}
 						} else {
 							filename = filenamePrefix + langTag + filenamePost;
+							xmlLang = langTag;
 							FilesystemPath xml(filename);
 							if (!xml.IsFile()) {
 								filename = filenamePrefix + defaultLang + filenamePost;
+								xmlLang = defaultLang;
 							}
 						}
 					} else {
 						string lowerLang(StringConverter::ToLower(lang));
 						filename = filenamePrefix + lowerLang + filenamePost;
+						xmlLang = lowerLang;
 						FilesystemPath xml(filename);
 						if (!xml.IsFile()) {
 							int foundUnderscore = lowerLang.find("_");
 							if (foundUnderscore > 0) {
 								lowerLang.replace(foundUnderscore, 1, 1, '-');
 								filename = filenamePrefix + lowerLang + filenamePost;
+								xmlLang = lowerLang;
 								FilesystemPath xml(filename);
 								if (!xml.IsFile()) {
 									filename = filenamePrefix + defaultLang + filenamePost;
+									xmlLang = defaultLang;
 								}
 							}
 						}
@@ -127,6 +136,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 			}
 		} else {
 			filename = filenamePrefix + preferredLang + filenamePost;
+			xmlLang = preferredLang;
 		}
 		FilesystemPath xml(filename);
 		if ( xml.IsFile() ){
@@ -145,6 +155,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 			, 0
 		};
 
+		xmlLang = defaultLang; // fallback to default language
 		return string ((const char*) LanguageXml);
 #endif
 	}
diff --git a/src/Main/Resources.h b/src/Main/Resources.h
index c5964ab2..96746174 100644
--- a/src/Main/Resources.h
+++ b/src/Main/Resources.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 	class Resources
 	{
 	public:
-		static string GetLanguageXml ();
+		static string GetLanguageXml (string& preferredLang);
 		static string GetLegalNotices ();
 #ifndef TC_NO_GUI
 		static wxBitmap GetDriveIconBitmap ();