diff --git a/ui/src/app/affiliation/affiliation-delete.component.html b/ui/src/app/affiliation/affiliation-delete.component.html
index 6eb37afe2..8c04fd2b7 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/affiliation/affiliation-delete.component.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/affiliation/affiliation-delete.component.html
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ <h4 class="modal-title" i18n="@@entity.delete.title.string">Confirm deletion</h4
       Are you sure you want to delete this affiliation from the portal?
     </p>
     <p *ngIf="affiliation?.addedToORCID">
+      affiliation hasn't been added to orcid. message should display now<br/>
+      message is: {{ message }}<br/>
+      message | localize should show below<br/>
       {{ message | localize }}
     </p>
   </div>