diff --git a/acqui/basket.pl b/acqui/basket.pl
index 03e5d0667e..6833eb6512 100755
--- a/acqui/basket.pl
+++ b/acqui/basket.pl
@@ -118,14 +118,32 @@ if ( $op eq 'delete_confirm' ) {
     }
 # if $delbiblio = 1, delete the records if possible
     if ((defined $delbiblio)and ($delbiblio ==1)){
+        my @cannotdelbiblios ;
         foreach my $myorder (@orders){
             my $biblionumber = $myorder->{'biblionumber'};
             my $countbiblio = CountBiblioInOrders($biblionumber);
             my $ordernumber = $myorder->{'ordernumber'};
-            my @subscriptions = GetSubscriptionsId ($biblionumber);
+            my $subscriptions = scalar GetSubscriptionsId ($biblionumber);
             my $itemcount = GetItemsCount($biblionumber);
-            DelBiblio($myorder->{biblionumber}) if ($countbiblio == 0 && $itemcount == 0 && !(@subscriptions));
+            my $error;
+            if ($countbiblio == 0 && $itemcount == 0 && $subscriptions == 0) {
+                $error = DelBiblio($myorder->{biblionumber}) }
+            else {
+                push @cannotdelbiblios, {biblionumber=> ($myorder->{biblionumber}),
+                                         title=> $myorder->{'title'},
+                                         author=> $myorder->{'author'},
+                                         countbiblio=> $countbiblio,
+                                         itemcount=>$itemcount,
+                                         subscriptions=>$subscriptions};
+            }
+            if ($error) {
+                push @cannotdelbiblios, {biblionumber=> ($myorder->{biblionumber}),
+                                         title=> $myorder->{'title'},
+                                         author=> $myorder->{'author'},
+                                         othererror=> $error};
+            }
         }
+        $template->param( cannotdelbiblios => \@cannotdelbiblios );
     }
  # delete the basket
     DelBasket($basketno,);
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basket.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basket.tt
index 23b94d9919..3e1975362a 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basket.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basket.tt
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@
                            <p>Warning:</p>
                            <p>All orders of this basket will be cancelled and used funds will be refunded.</p>
                            <p>If items have been created when ordering or receiving, they will be deleted.</p>
-                           <p>You can choose to delete records if possible (if they don't have any item attached, any subscription and are not used in any other order).</p>
+                           <p>You can choose to delete records if possible (records with some items, used in a subscription, or an other order will not be deleted).</p>
                         </div>
                         <div class="modal-footer">
                             <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
-                            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default" onclick="delete_basket([% basketno %],[% booksellerid %],0); return false;" >Delete basket and orders</button>
+                            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default" onclick="delete_basket([% basketno %],[% booksellerid %],0); return false;">Delete basket and orders</button>
                             <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default" onclick="delete_basket([% basketno %],[% booksellerid %],1); return false;">Delete basket, orders and records</button>
                         </div>
                     [% END %]
@@ -236,7 +236,27 @@
     [% ELSE %]
         [% IF ( delete_confirmed ) %]
             <h3>Basket deleted</h3>
+            [% IF (cannotdelbiblios) %]
+                <div class="dialog alert">
+                    <p><strong>Warning:</strong></p>
+                    <p><strong>The following records could not be deleted:</strong></p>
+                    <ul>
+                    [% FOREACH cannotdelbiblio IN cannotdelbiblios %]
+                        <li><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=[% cannotdelbiblio.biblionumber %]">[% cannotdelbiblio.title |html %]</a> by [% cannotdelbiblio.author %]:
+                            <ul>
+                            [% IF (cannotdelbiblio.itemcount) %]<li>[% cannotdelbiblio.itemcount %] item(s) attached.</li>[% END %]
+                            [% IF (cannotdelbiblio.subscriptions) %]<li>[% cannotdelbiblio.subscriptions %] subscription(s) attached.</li>[% END %]
+                            [% IF (cannotdelbiblio.countbiblio) %]<li>[% cannotdelbiblio.countbiblio %] order(s) attached.</li>[% END %]
+                            [% IF (cannotdelbiblio.othererror) %]<li>Unknown error.</li>[% END %]
+                            </ul>
+                        </li>
+                    [% END %]
+                    </ul>
+                </div>
+                <a href="booksellers.pl">Click here to go back to booksellers page</a>
+            [% ELSE %]
             <META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; url=booksellers.pl">
+            [% END %]
         [% ELSE %]
         <h1>[% UNLESS ( basketno ) %]New [% END %][% IF ( delete_confirm ) %]Delete [% END %]Basket [% basketname|html %] ([% basketno %]) for <a href="supplier.pl?booksellerid=[% booksellerid %]">[% name|html %]</a></h1>
         [% IF ( delete_confirm ) %]