diff --git a/app/templates/components/table.html b/app/templates/components/table.html
index 2c43ecbe2..c24f1ba6e 100644
--- a/app/templates/components/table.html
+++ b/app/templates/components/table.html
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
           notification.template.template_type
         ) }}
       {% endif %}
-      {% if notification.notification_type == "letter" and notification.status == 'permanent-failure' %}
+      {% if notification.notification_type == "letter" and notification.status in ['permanent-failure', 'validation-failed'] %}
         Cancelled
       {% endif %}
       {% if notification.status|format_notification_status_as_url(notification.notification_type) %}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/notifications/notification.html b/app/templates/views/notifications/notification.html
index 2c2e9788a..15fbc194a 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/notifications/notification.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/notifications/notification.html
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
         <p class="notification-status-cancelled">
           Cancelled {{ updated_at|format_datetime_short }}
         </p>
+      {% elif notification_status == 'validation-failed' %}
+        <p class="notification-status-cancelled">
+          Cancelled {{ updated_at|format_datetime_short }}
+          (letter has content outside the printable area)
+        </p>
       {% else %}
         <p>
           Postage: {{ postage }} class
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
index e9727f171..f1e9623f0 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ def test_big_numbers_and_search_dont_show_for_letters(
         ('sms', 'delivered', 'Delivered 27 September at 5:31pm', True),
         ('letter', 'delivered', '27 September at 5:30pm', True),
         ('letter', 'permanent-failure', 'Cancelled 27 September at 5:31pm', False),
+        ('letter', 'validation-failed', 'Cancelled 27 September at 5:30pm', False),
     ]
 )
 def test_sending_status_hint_does_not_include_status_for_letters(
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
index 82fc55e22..c89d0bae8 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_notifications.py
@@ -174,18 +174,30 @@ def test_notification_page_shows_page_for_letter_notification(
         )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('notification_status, expected_message', (
+    (
+        'permanent-failure',
+        'Cancelled 1 January at 1:02am',
+    ),
+    (
+        'validation-failed',
+        'Cancelled 1 January at 1:02am (letter has content outside the printable area)',
+    ),
+))
 @freeze_time("2016-01-01 01:01")
 def test_notification_page_shows_cancelled_letter(
     client_request,
     mocker,
     fake_uuid,
+    notification_status,
+    expected_message,
 ):
 
     mock_get_notification(
         mocker,
         fake_uuid,
         template_type='letter',
-        notification_status='permanent-failure',
+        notification_status=notification_status,
     )
     mocker.patch(
         'app.main.views.notifications.get_page_count_for_letter',
@@ -202,7 +214,7 @@ def test_notification_page_shows_cancelled_letter(
         'sample template sent by Test User on 1 January at 1:01am'
     )
     assert normalize_spaces(page.select('main p')[1].text) == (
-        'Cancelled 1 January at 1:02am'
+        expected_message
     )
     assert not page.select('p.notification-status')