diff --git a/src/Module/Item/Display.php b/src/Module/Item/Display.php
index 21046628f..714598a8e 100644
--- a/src/Module/Item/Display.php
+++ b/src/Module/Item/Display.php
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ class Display extends BaseModule
 		}
 
 		if (empty($item)) {
-			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException($this->t('The requested item doesn\'t exist or has been deleted.'));
+			$this->page['aside'] = '';
+			$displayNotFound = new DisplayNotFound($this->l10n, $this->baseUrl, $this->args, $this->logger, $this->profiler, $this->response, $this->server, $this->parameters);
+			return $displayNotFound->content();
 		}
 
 		if ($item['gravity'] != Item::GRAVITY_PARENT) {
diff --git a/src/Module/Special/DisplayNotFound.php b/src/Module/Special/DisplayNotFound.php
index d66ececdd..009c3241f 100644
--- a/src/Module/Special/DisplayNotFound.php
+++ b/src/Module/Special/DisplayNotFound.php
@@ -31,18 +31,20 @@ class DisplayNotFound extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 {
 	protected function content(array $request = []): string
 	{
+		$reasons = [
+			$this->t("The top-level post isn't visible."),
+			$this->t('The top-level post was deleted.'),
+			$this->t('This node has blocked the top-level author or the author of the shared post.'),
+			$this->t('You have ignored or blocked the top-level author or the author of the shared post.'),
+		];
+
 		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('special/displaynotfound.tpl');
 		return Renderer::replaceMacros($tpl, [
 			'$l10n' => [
-				'title'   => $this->t('Not Found'),
-				'message' => $this->t("<p>Unfortunately, the requested conversation isn't available to you.</p>
-<p>Possible reasons include:</p>
-<ul>
-	<li>The top-level post isn't visible.</li>
-	<li>The top-level post was deleted.</li>
-	<li>The node has blocked the top-level author or the author of the shared post.</li>
-	<li>You have ignored or blocked the top-level author or the author of the shared post.</li>
-</ul>"),
+				'title'   => $this->t('Conversation Not Found'),
+				'desc1'   => $this->t("Unfortunately, the requested conversation isn't available to you."),
+				'desc2'   => $this->t('Possible reasons include:'),
+				'reasons' => $reasons,
 			]
 		]);
 	}
diff --git a/view/templates/special/displaynotfound.tpl b/view/templates/special/displaynotfound.tpl
index 48e7b5166..a690f87c4 100644
--- a/view/templates/special/displaynotfound.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/special/displaynotfound.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 <div id="exception" class="generic-page-wrapper">
 	<img class="hare" src="images/friendica-404_svg_flexy-o-hare.png"/>
-	<h1>{{$title}}</h1>
-	{{$message nofilter}}
+	<h1>{{$l10n.title}}</h1>
+	<p>{{$l10n.desc1}}</p>
+	<p>{{$l10n.desc2}}</p>
+	<ul>
+{{foreach $l10n.reasons as $reason}}
+		<li>{{$reason}}</li>
+{{/foreach}}
+	</ul>
 </div>