diff --git a/administrator/components/com_contact/src/Table/ContactTable.php b/administrator/components/com_contact/src/Table/ContactTable.php
index 85c248abbd28..95f74cabab5b 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_contact/src/Table/ContactTable.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_contact/src/Table/ContactTable.php
@@ -119,8 +119,13 @@ public function store($updateNulls = true)
         $table = Table::getInstance('ContactTable', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\', array('dbo' => $this->getDbo()));
 
         if ($table->load(array('alias' => $this->alias, 'catid' => $this->catid)) && ($table->id != $this->id || $this->id == 0)) {
+            // Is the existing contact trashed?
             $this->setError(Text::_('COM_CONTACT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS'));
 
+            if ($table->published === -2) {
+                $this->setError(Text::_('COM_CONTACT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED'));
+            }
+
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Table/FilterTable.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Table/FilterTable.php
index 621076fa65cc..932fb30caf88 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Table/FilterTable.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Table/FilterTable.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public function store($updateNulls = true)
         $table = new static($this->getDbo());
 
         if ($table->load(array('alias' => $this->alias)) && ($table->filter_id != $this->filter_id || $this->filter_id == 0)) {
-            $this->setError(Text::_('JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_ARTICLE_UNIQUE_ALIAS'));
+            $this->setError(Text::_('COM_FINDER_FILTER_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS'));
 
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Table/NewsfeedTable.php b/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Table/NewsfeedTable.php
index 0695082ad257..1765b9e6db31 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Table/NewsfeedTable.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Table/NewsfeedTable.php
@@ -173,8 +173,13 @@ public function store($updateNulls = true)
         $table = Table::getInstance('NewsfeedTable', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\', array('dbo' => $this->_db));
 
         if ($table->load(array('alias' => $this->alias, 'catid' => $this->catid)) && ($table->id != $this->id || $this->id == 0)) {
+            // Is the existing newsfeed trashed?
             $this->setError(Text::_('COM_NEWSFEEDS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS'));
 
+            if ($table->published === -2) {
+                $this->setError(Text::_('COM_NEWSFEEDS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED'));
+            }
+
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_tags/src/Table/TagTable.php b/administrator/components/com_tags/src/Table/TagTable.php
index ec039287a02b..5f69e8c09352 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_tags/src/Table/TagTable.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_tags/src/Table/TagTable.php
@@ -192,8 +192,13 @@ public function store($updateNulls = true)
         $table = new static($this->getDbo());
 
         if ($table->load(array('alias' => $this->alias)) && ($table->id != $this->id || $this->id == 0)) {
+            // Is the existing tag trashed?
             $this->setError(Text::_('COM_TAGS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS'));
 
+            if ($table->published === -2) {
+                $this->setError(Text::_('COM_TAGS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED'));
+            }
+
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_contact.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_contact.ini
index 5a5a2a1eaa44..463614f51682 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_contact.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_contact.ini
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ COM_CONTACT_EMPTYSTATE_BUTTON_ADD="Add your first contact"
 COM_CONTACT_EMPTYSTATE_CONTENT="Contacts can be as simple as a contact form or as complex as a staff directory. You can use this component to create and manage your contacts."
 COM_CONTACT_EMPTYSTATE_TITLE="No Contacts have been created yet."
 COM_CONTACT_ERROR_ALL_LANGUAGE_ASSOCIATED="A contact item set to All languages can't be associated. Associations have not been set."
-COM_CONTACT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another Contact from this category has the same alias (remember it may be a trashed item)."
+COM_CONTACT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another Contact in this category has the same alias."
+COM_CONTACT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED="A trashed Contact in this category has the same alias."
 COM_CONTACT_FIELD_ARTICLES_DISPLAY_NUM_LABEL="# Articles to List"
 COM_CONTACT_FIELD_ARTICLES_SHOW_LABEL="User Articles"
 COM_CONTACT_FIELD_CAPTCHA_LABEL="Allow Captcha on Contact"
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_content.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_content.ini
index e7186424eeef..a733b70e7cd6 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_content.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_content.ini
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ COM_CONTENT_ERROR_CANNOT_ARCHIVE="One or more of the selected articles can't be
 COM_CONTENT_ERROR_CANNOT_PUBLISH="One or more of the selected articles can't be set to published."
 COM_CONTENT_ERROR_CANNOT_TRASH="One or more of the selected articles can't be set to trashed."
 COM_CONTENT_ERROR_CANNOT_UNPUBLISH="One or more of the selected articles can't be set to unpublished."
+COM_CONTENT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another Article in this category has the same alias."
+COM_CONTENT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED="A trashed Article in this category has the same alias."
 COM_CONTENT_ERROR_UPDATE_STAGE="You cannot execute this transition and update the stage."
 COM_CONTENT_FEATURED_ARTICLES="Featured Articles"
 COM_CONTENT_FEATURED_CATEGORIES_LABEL="Select Categories"
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_finder.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_finder.ini
index 2251edd00a8a..ce5e0df1d17a 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_finder.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_finder.ini
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ COM_FINDER_FIELDSET_SEARCH_OPTIONS_LABEL="Smart Search"
 COM_FINDER_FILTER_BRANCH_LABEL="Search by %s"
 COM_FINDER_FILTER_EDIT_TOOLBAR_TITLE="Smart Search: Edit Filter"
 COM_FINDER_FILTER_END_DATE_LABEL="End Date"
+COM_FINDER_FILTER_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another Filter has the same alias."
 COM_FINDER_FILTER_FIELDSET_PARAMS="Filter Timeline"
 COM_FINDER_FILTER_FORM_TITLE_EDIT="Edit Filter"
 COM_FINDER_FILTER_FORM_TITLE_NEW="New Filter"
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_newsfeeds.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_newsfeeds.ini
index 77d889958389..2536bf402e53 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_newsfeeds.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_newsfeeds.ini
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ COM_NEWSFEEDS_EMPTYSTATE_BUTTON_ADD="Add your first news feed"
 COM_NEWSFEEDS_EMPTYSTATE_CONTENT="Adding News Feeds to your sites is a way of integrating content from other web sites."
 COM_NEWSFEEDS_EMPTYSTATE_TITLE="No News Feeds have been created yet."
 COM_NEWSFEEDS_ERROR_ALL_LANGUAGE_ASSOCIATED="A news feed item set to All languages can't be associated. Associations have not been set."
-COM_NEWSFEEDS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another News feed from this category has the same alias (remember it may be a trashed item)."
+COM_NEWSFEEDS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another News feed from this category has the same alias."
+COM_NEWSFEEDS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED="A trashed News feed in this category has the same alias."
 COM_NEWSFEEDS_FIELD_CACHETIME_LABEL="Cache Time"
 COM_NEWSFEEDS_FIELD_CHARACTER_COUNT_DESC="0 will show all the text."
 COM_NEWSFEEDS_FIELD_CHARACTER_COUNT_LABEL="Characters Count"
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_tags.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_tags.ini
index d2c361c4ad41..ca9196afc394 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_tags.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_tags.ini
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ COM_TAGS_COUNT_UNPUBLISHED_ITEMS="Unpublished items"
 COM_TAGS_EMPTYSTATE_BUTTON_ADD="Add your first tag"
 COM_TAGS_EMPTYSTATE_CONTENT="Tags in Joomla! provide a flexible way of organizing content. The same tag can be applied to many different content items across content types."
 COM_TAGS_EMPTYSTATE_TITLE="No Tags have been created yet."
-COM_TAGS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another Tag has the same alias (remember it may be a trashed item)."
+COM_TAGS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another Tag has the same alias."
+COM_TAGS_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED="A trashed Tag has the same alias."
 COM_TAGS_EXCLUDE="Exclude"
 COM_TAGS_FIELD_CONTENT_TYPE_LABEL="Content types"
 COM_TAGS_FIELD_FULL_LABEL="Full Image"
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/lib_joomla.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/lib_joomla.ini
index 4c6f31ee5d5b..acf419e7af34 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/lib_joomla.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/lib_joomla.ini
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_ADAPTER_MYSQLI="The MySQL adapter 'mysqli' is not available.
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_ARTICLE_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another article from this category has the same alias (remember it may be a trashed item)."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_BIND_FAILED_INVALID_SOURCE_ARGUMENT="%s: :bind failed. Invalid source argument."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CATEGORY_REQUIRED="Category is required."
-JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CATEGORY_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another category with the same parent category has the same alias (remember it may be a trashed item)."
+JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CATEGORY_UNIQUE_ALIAS="Another category with the same parent category has the same alias."
+JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CATEGORY_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED="A trashed category with the same parent category has the same alias."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CHECK_FAILED="%s: :check Failed - %s"
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CHECKIN_FAILED="%s: :check-in failed - %s"
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CHECKOUT_FAILED="%s: :check-out failed - %s"
@@ -149,8 +150,9 @@ JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_HOME_NOT_COMPONENT="The home menu item must be a compon
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_HOME_NOT_UNIQUE_IN_MENU="A menu should have only one Default home."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_ROOT_ALIAS_COMPONENT="A first level menu item alias can't be 'component'."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_ROOT_ALIAS_FOLDER="A first level menu item alias can't be '%s' because '%s' is a sub-folder of your Joomla installation folder."
-JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_UNIQUE_ALIAS="The alias <strong>%1$s</strong> is already being used by <strong>%2$s</strong> menu item in the <strong>%3$s</strong> menu (remember it may be a trashed item)."
+JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_UNIQUE_ALIAS="The alias <a href=\"%4$s\" class=\"alert-link\"><strong>%1$s</strong></a> is already being used by the <strong>%2$s</strong> menu item in the <strong>%3$s</strong> menu."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_UNIQUE_ALIAS_ROOT="Another menu item has the same alias in Root (remember it may be a trashed item). Root is the top level parent."
+JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED="The alias <a href=\"%4$s\" class=\"alert-link\"><strong>%1$s</strong></a> is already being used by the trashed <strong>%2$s</strong> menu item in the <strong>%3$s</strong> menu."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_UNPUBLISH_DEFAULT_HOME="Can't unpublish default home."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENUTYPE="Some menu items or some menu modules related to this menutype are checked out by another user or the default menu item is in this menu."
 JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENUTYPE_CHECKOUT="The user checking out does not match the user who checked out this menu and/or its linked menu module."
diff --git a/libraries/src/Table/Category.php b/libraries/src/Table/Category.php
index 3c97183efa10..b207680887c2 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Table/Category.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Table/Category.php
@@ -257,8 +257,13 @@ public function store($updateNulls = true)
             $table->load(array('alias' => $this->alias, 'parent_id' => (int) $this->parent_id, 'extension' => $this->extension))
             && ($table->id != $this->id || $this->id == 0)
         ) {
+            // Is the existing category trashed?
             $this->setError(Text::_('JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CATEGORY_UNIQUE_ALIAS'));
 
+            if ($table->published === -2) {
+                $this->setError(Text::_('JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_CATEGORY_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED'));
+            }
+
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/libraries/src/Table/Content.php b/libraries/src/Table/Content.php
index 9d9f6c71b907..8af5739afe6d 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Table/Content.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Table/Content.php
@@ -346,7 +346,12 @@ public function store($updateNulls = true)
         $table = Table::getInstance('Content', 'JTable', array('dbo' => $this->getDbo()));
 
         if ($table->load(array('alias' => $this->alias, 'catid' => $this->catid)) && ($table->id != $this->id || $this->id == 0)) {
-            $this->setError(Text::_('JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_ARTICLE_UNIQUE_ALIAS'));
+            // Is the existing article trashed?
+            $this->setError(Text::_('COM_CONTENT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS'));
+
+            if ($table->published === -2) {
+                $this->setError(Text::_('COM_CONTENT_ERROR_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED'));
+            }
 
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/libraries/src/Table/Menu.php b/libraries/src/Table/Menu.php
index 2c2d69aa847b..bb0f45a77fa0 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Table/Menu.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Table/Menu.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Filesystem\Folder;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Multilanguage;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 use Joomla\Database\DatabaseDriver;
 use Joomla\Database\ParameterType;
 use Joomla\Registry\Registry;
@@ -241,7 +242,14 @@ public function store($updateNulls = true)
             if ($error) {
                 $menuTypeTable = Table::getInstance('MenuType', 'JTable', array('dbo' => $db));
                 $menuTypeTable->load(array('menutype' => $table->menutype));
-                $this->setError(Text::sprintf('JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_UNIQUE_ALIAS', $this->alias, $table->title, $menuTypeTable->title));
+                $url = Route::_('index.php?option=com_menus&task=item.edit&id=' . (int) $table->id);
+
+                // Is the existing menu item trashed?
+                $this->setError(Text::sprintf('JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_UNIQUE_ALIAS', $this->alias, $table->title, $menuTypeTable->title, $url));
+
+                if ($table->published === -2) {
+                    $this->setError(Text::sprintf('JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_MENU_UNIQUE_ALIAS_TRASHED', $this->alias, $table->title, $menuTypeTable->title, $url));
+                }
 
                 return false;
             }