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diff --git a/src/Model/Table/SoftDeleteTrait.php b/src/Model/Table/SoftDeleteTrait.php
index 88a4675..122ff77 100644
--- a/src/Model/Table/SoftDeleteTrait.php
+++ b/src/Model/Table/SoftDeleteTrait.php
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 use SoftDelete\Error\MissingColumnException;
 use SoftDelete\ORM\Query;
 
-trait SoftDeleteTrait {
+trait SoftDeleteTrait
+{
 
     /**
      * Get the configured deletion field
@@ -34,6 +35,46 @@ public function getSoftDeleteField()
         return $field;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the configured deletion field
+     *
+     * @return string
+     * @throws \SoftDelete\Error\MissingFieldException
+     */
+    public function getSoftDeleteFieldMessage()
+    {
+        if (isset($this->softDeleteFieldMessage)) {
+            $field = $this->softDeleteFieldMessage;
+        } else {
+            $field = 'message_delete';
+        }
+
+        if ($this->schema()->column($field) === null) {
+            throw new MissingColumnException(
+                __('Configured field `{0}` is missing from the table `{1}`.',
+                    $field,
+                    $this->alias()
+                )
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $field;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the configured deletion field
+     *
+     * @return string
+     * @throws \SoftDelete\Error\MissingFieldException
+     */
+    public function getSoftDeleteMessage()
+    {
+        if (isset($this->softDeleteMessage)) {
+            return $this->softDeleteMessage;
+        }
+        return __('Configured message is missing from the table.');
+    }
+
     public function query()
     {
         return new Query($this->connection(), $this);
@@ -84,7 +125,10 @@ protected function _processDelete($entity, $options)
         $query = $this->query();
         $conditions = (array)$entity->extract($primaryKey);
         $statement = $query->update()
-            ->set([$this->getSoftDeleteField() => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')])
+            ->set([
+                $this->getSoftDeleteField() => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
+                $this->getSoftDeleteFieldMessage() => $this->getSoftDeleteMessage(),
+            ])
             ->where($conditions)
             ->execute();
 
@@ -122,7 +166,7 @@ public function deleteAll($conditions)
      */
     public function hardDelete(EntityInterface $entity)
     {
-        if(!$this->delete($entity)) {
+        if (!$this->delete($entity)) {
             return false;
         }
         $primaryKey = (array)$this->primaryKey();
@@ -142,7 +186,7 @@ public function hardDelete(EntityInterface $entity)
 
     /**
      * Hard deletes all records that were soft deleted before a given date.
-     * @param \DateTime $until Date until which soft deleted records must be hard deleted.
+     * @param \DateTime $until Date until witch soft deleted records must be hard deleted.
      * @return int number of affected rows.
      */
     public function hardDeleteAll(\Datetime $until)
diff --git a/tests/Fixture/PostsFixture.php b/tests/Fixture/PostsFixture.php
index 19c60a3..cda7c02 100644
--- a/tests/Fixture/PostsFixture.php
+++ b/tests/Fixture/PostsFixture.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class PostsFixture extends TestFixture {
         'id'          => ['type' => 'integer'],
         'user_id'     => ['type' => 'integer', 'default' => '0', 'null' => false],
         'deleted'     => ['type' => 'datetime', 'default' => null, 'null' => true],
+        'message_delete' => ['type' => 'string'],
         '_constraints' => [
             'primary' => ['type' => 'primary', 'columns' => ['id']]
         ]
diff --git a/tests/Fixture/PostsTagsFixture.php b/tests/Fixture/PostsTagsFixture.php
index b871cb3..e05d6f1 100644
--- a/tests/Fixture/PostsTagsFixture.php
+++ b/tests/Fixture/PostsTagsFixture.php
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ public function initialize(array $config)
 }
 
 
-class PostsTagsFixture extends TestFixture {
+class PostsTagsFixture extends TestFixture
+{
 
     public $fields = [
         'id' => ['type' => 'integer'],
         'post_id' => ['type' => 'integer'],
         'tag_id' => ['type' => 'integer'],
-        'deleted'     => ['type' => 'datetime', 'default' => null, 'null' => true],
+        'deleted' => ['type' => 'datetime', 'default' => null, 'null' => true],
+        'message_delete' => ['type' => 'string'],
         '_constraints' => [
             'primary' => ['type' => 'primary', 'columns' => ['id']]
         ]
diff --git a/tests/Fixture/TagsFixture.php b/tests/Fixture/TagsFixture.php
index 0e09a54..6a7dba2 100644
--- a/tests/Fixture/TagsFixture.php
+++ b/tests/Fixture/TagsFixture.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class TagsTable extends Table
     use SoftDeleteTrait;
 
     protected $softDeleteField = 'deleted_date';
+    protected $softDeleteFieldMessage = 'message_delete';
+    protected $softDeleteMessage = 'registration errors';
 
     public function initialize(array $config)
     {
@@ -26,12 +28,14 @@ public function initialize(array $config)
 }
 
 
-class TagsFixture extends TestFixture {
+class TagsFixture extends TestFixture
+{
 
     public $fields = [
-        'id'          => ['type' => 'integer'],
-        'name'     => ['type' => 'string'],
-        'deleted_date'     => ['type' => 'datetime', 'default' => null, 'null' => true],
+        'id' => ['type' => 'integer'],
+        'name' => ['type' => 'string'],
+        'deleted_date' => ['type' => 'datetime', 'default' => null, 'null' => true],
+        'message_delete' => ['type' => 'string'],
         '_constraints' => [
             'primary' => ['type' => 'primary', 'columns' => ['id']]
         ]
diff --git a/tests/Fixture/UsersFixture.php b/tests/Fixture/UsersFixture.php
index ef50e0e..daa9059 100644
--- a/tests/Fixture/UsersFixture.php
+++ b/tests/Fixture/UsersFixture.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class UsersFixture extends TestFixture {
         'id'          => ['type' => 'integer'],
         'posts_count'  => ['type' => 'integer', 'default' => '0', 'null' => false],
         'deleted'     => ['type' => 'datetime', 'default' => null, 'null' => true],
+        'message_delete' => ['type' => 'string'],
         '_constraints' => [
             'primary' => ['type' => 'primary', 'columns' => ['id']]
         ]
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Model/Table/SoftDeleteTraitTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Model/Table/SoftDeleteTraitTest.php
index 5370c84..2d4fe38 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Model/Table/SoftDeleteTraitTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Model/Table/SoftDeleteTraitTest.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public function testFindBelongsToMany()
     public function testFindMatching()
     {
         $users = $this->usersTable->find()
-            ->matching('Posts', function($q) {
+            ->matching('Posts', function ($q) {
                 return $q->where(['Posts.id' => 1]);
             });
         $this->assertEquals(1, $users->count());
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public function testFindMatching()
         $this->assertEquals(1, $posts->count());
 
         $users = $this->usersTable->find()
-            ->matching('Posts', function($q) {
+            ->matching('Posts', function ($q) {
                 return $q->where(['Posts.id' => 1]);
             });
         $this->assertEquals(0, $users->count());