diff --git a/src/orion/core/cli/db/rm.py b/src/orion/core/cli/db/rm.py
index 9b00e181a..dbbec03f8 100644
--- a/src/orion/core/cli/db/rm.py
+++ b/src/orion/core/cli/db/rm.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 
 TRIALS_RM_MESSAGE = """
-Matching trials of all experiments above will be deleted.
+Matching trials ({}) of all experiments above will be deleted.
 To select a specific version use --version <VERSION>.
 Note that trials of all children of a given version will be deleted.
 
@@ -110,6 +110,27 @@ def add_subparser(parser):
     return rm_parser
 
 
+def get_trial_count(storage, root, status):
+    """Select the matching trials of the given experiment."""
+    trials_total = 0
+    for node in root:
+        if status == "*":
+            query = {}
+        else:
+            query = {"status": status}
+
+        count = len(storage.fetch_trials(uid=node.item.id, where=query))
+        logger.debug(
+            "%d trials selected in experiment %s-v%d",
+            count,
+            node.item.name,
+            node.item.version,
+        )
+        trials_total += count
+
+    return trials_total
+
+
 def process_trial_rm(storage, root, status):
     """Delete the matching trials of the given experiment."""
     trials_total = 0
@@ -167,7 +188,8 @@ def delete_experiments(storage, root, name, force):
 
 def delete_trials(storage, root, name, status, force):
     """Delete all matching trials after user confirmation."""
-    confirmed = confirm_name(TRIALS_RM_MESSAGE, name, force)
+    count = get_trial_count(storage, root, status)
+    confirmed = confirm_name(TRIALS_RM_MESSAGE.format(count), name, force)
 
     if not confirmed:
         print("Confirmation failed, aborting operation.")