diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/EntityTypeInfo.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/EntityTypeInfo.php
index 8f6ac4d79e..a199f6fd1c 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/EntityTypeInfo.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/EntityTypeInfo.php
@@ -292,6 +292,27 @@ public function formAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, $form_id
         $form['actions']['submit']['#submit'][] = [EntityTypeInfo::class, 'bundleFormRedirect'];
       }
     }
+
+    if ($form_id == 'workflow_state_delete_form') {
+      $args = $form_state->getBuildInfo()['args'];
+      /** @var \Drupal\workflows\WorkflowInterface $workflow */
+      $workflow = $args[0];
+      $state = $args[1];
+      $count = $this->entityTypeManager
+        ->getStorage('content_moderation_state')
+        ->getQuery()
+        ->count()
+        ->condition('moderation_state', $state)
+        ->execute();
+      if ($count > 0) {
+        $state = $workflow->getState($state);
+        $new_state = $state->isPublishedState() ? $workflow->getState('published') : $workflow->getState('draft');
+        $form['description']['#markup'] = $this->t('This moderation state is assigned to @count. Deleting it will revert these to @new_state.', [
+          '@count' => $this->stringTranslation->formatPlural($count, '1 item', '@count items'),
+          '@new_state' => $new_state->label()
+        ]);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**