diff --git a/administrator/components/com_users/src/Model/LevelModel.php b/administrator/components/com_users/src/Model/LevelModel.php
index f511143d530a3..70da764533b8e 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_users/src/Model/LevelModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_users/src/Model/LevelModel.php
@@ -78,12 +78,15 @@ protected function canDelete($record)
             $tables = $db->getTableList();
             $prefix = $db->getPrefix();
 
+            // Collect table names for error message
+            $inTables = [];
+
             foreach ($tables as $table) {
                 // Get all of the columns in the table
                 $fields = $db->getTableColumns($table);
 
                 /**
-                 * We are looking for the access field.  If custom tables are using something other
+                 * We are looking for the access field. If custom tables are using something other
                  * than the 'access' field they are on their own unfortunately.
                  * Also make sure the table prefix matches the live db prefix (eg, it is not a "bak_" table)
                  */
@@ -103,8 +106,10 @@ protected function canDelete($record)
 
                     $this->levelsInUse = array_merge($this->levelsInUse, $values);
 
-                    // @todo Could assemble an array of the tables used by each view level list those,
-                    // giving the user a clue in the error where to look.
+                    // Check if the table uses this access level
+                    if (in_array($record->id, $values)) {
+                        $inTables[] = $table;
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_users.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_users.ini
index 16f622a8c5871..ccfd4dd0095cc 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_users.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_users.ini
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ COM_USERS_ERROR_LEVELS_NOLEVELS_SELECTED="No View Permission Level(s) selected."
 COM_USERS_ERROR_NO_ADDITIONS="The selected user(s) are already assigned to the selected group."
 COM_USERS_ERROR_NOT_IN_GROUP="The selected user(s) are not in the selected group."
 COM_USERS_ERROR_ONLY_ONE_GROUP="A user must belong to at least one group."
-COM_USERS_ERROR_VIEW_LEVEL_IN_USE="You can't delete the view access level '%d:%s' because it is being used by content."
+COM_USERS_ERROR_VIEW_LEVEL_IN_USE="You can't delete the view access level '%s' because it is being used in the database tables: %s."
 COM_USERS_FIELDS_USER_FIELDS_TITLE="Users: Fields"
 COM_USERS_FIELDS_USER_FIELD_ADD_TITLE="Users: New Field"
 COM_USERS_FIELDS_USER_FIELD_EDIT_TITLE="Users: Edit Field"