diff --git a/app/events/admin.go b/app/events/admin.go
index 067e79b..5db19d9 100644
--- a/app/events/admin.go
+++ b/app/events/admin.go
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ const (
 func (a *admin) ReportBan(banUserStr string, msg *bot.Message) {
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] report to admin chat, ban msgsData for %s, group: %d", banUserStr, a.adminChatID)
 	text := strings.ReplaceAll(escapeMarkDownV1Text(msg.Text), "\n", " ")
-	forwardMsg := fmt.Sprintf("**permanently banned [%s](tg://user?id=%d)**\n\n%s\n\n", banUserStr, msg.From.ID, text)
+	would := ""
+	if a.dry {
+		would = "would have "
+	}
+	forwardMsg := fmt.Sprintf("**%spermanently banned [%s](tg://user?id=%d)**\n\n%s\n\n", would, banUserStr, msg.From.ID, text)
 	if err := a.sendWithUnbanMarkup(forwardMsg, "change ban", msg.From, msg.ID, a.adminChatID); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[WARN] failed to send admin message, %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/app/events/admin_test.go b/app/events/admin_test.go
index cdc852d..f2d23c5 100644
--- a/app/events/admin_test.go
+++ b/app/events/admin_test.go
@@ -189,3 +189,20 @@ func TestAdmin_extractUsername(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAdmin_dryModeForwardMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	mockAPI := &mocks.TbAPIMock{
+		SendFunc: func(c tbapi.Chattable) (tbapi.Message, error) {
+			return tbapi.Message{}, nil
+		},
+	}
+	adm := admin{
+		tbAPI: mockAPI,
+		dry:   true,
+	}
+	msg := &bot.Message{}
+
+	adm.ReportBan("testUser", msg)
+	assert.Contains(t, mockAPI.SendCalls()[0].C.(tbapi.MessageConfig).Text, "would have permanently banned [testUser]")
+
+}