diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/delete_cli.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/delete_cli.py
index f74c5f4df9..2aadcfa8ae 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/delete_cli.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/delete_cli.py
@@ -432,7 +432,12 @@ def _delete_one_urn(
         deletion_result.num_records = rows_affected
         deletion_result.num_timeseries_records = ts_rows_affected
     else:
-        logger.info(f"[Dry-run] Would hard-delete {urn} {soft_delete_msg}")
+        if aspect_name:
+            logger.info(
+                f"[Dry-run] Would hard-delete aspect {aspect_name} of {urn} {soft_delete_msg}"
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.info(f"[Dry-run] Would hard-delete {urn} {soft_delete_msg}")
         deletion_result.num_records = (
             UNKNOWN_NUM_RECORDS  # since we don't know how many rows will be affected
         )