diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index e90ca62..7d281b8 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -104,3 +104,8 @@ var statusText = map[int]string{
 	StatusExceededStorage:         "Exceeded storage allocation.",
 	StatusBadFileName:             "File name not allowed.",
 }
+
+// StatusText returns a text for the FTP status code. It returns the empty string if the code is unknown.
+func StatusText(code int) string {
+	return statusText[code]
+}