diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20180215.phriction.05.statustext.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20180215.phriction.05.statustext.sql
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20180215.phriction.05.statustext.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_phriction.phriction_document
+  CHANGE status status VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT};
diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20180215.phriction.06.statusvalue.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20180215.phriction.06.statusvalue.sql
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20180215.phriction.06.statusvalue.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+UPDATE {$NAMESPACE}_phriction.phriction_document
+  SET status = 'active' WHERE status = '0';
+
+UPDATE {$NAMESPACE}_phriction.phriction_document
+  SET status = 'deleted' WHERE status = '1';
+
+UPDATE {$NAMESPACE}_phriction.phriction_document
+  SET status = 'moved' WHERE status = '2';
+
+UPDATE {$NAMESPACE}_phriction.phriction_document
+  SET status = 'stub' WHERE status = '3';
diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/constants/PhrictionDocumentStatus.php b/src/applications/phriction/constants/PhrictionDocumentStatus.php
--- a/src/applications/phriction/constants/PhrictionDocumentStatus.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/constants/PhrictionDocumentStatus.php
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 final class PhrictionDocumentStatus
   extends PhabricatorObjectStatus {
 
-  const STATUS_EXISTS     = 0;
-  const STATUS_DELETED    = 1;
-  const STATUS_MOVED      = 2;
-  const STATUS_STUB       = 3;
+  const STATUS_EXISTS = 'active';
+  const STATUS_DELETED = 'deleted';
+  const STATUS_MOVED = 'moved';
+  const STATUS_STUB = 'stub';
 
   public static function getConduitConstant($const) {
     static $map = array(
diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/query/PhrictionDocumentQuery.php b/src/applications/phriction/query/PhrictionDocumentQuery.php
--- a/src/applications/phriction/query/PhrictionDocumentQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/query/PhrictionDocumentQuery.php
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     if ($this->statuses !== null) {
       $where[] = qsprintf(
         $conn,
-        'd.status IN (%Ld)',
+        'd.status IN (%Ls)',
         $this->statuses);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/storage/PhrictionDocument.php b/src/applications/phriction/storage/PhrictionDocument.php
--- a/src/applications/phriction/storage/PhrictionDocument.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/storage/PhrictionDocument.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         'slug' => 'sort128',
         'depth' => 'uint32',
         'contentID' => 'id?',
-        'status' => 'uint32',
+        'status' => 'text32',
         'mailKey' => 'bytes20',
       ),
       self::CONFIG_KEY_SCHEMA => array(