diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/actions/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/actions/__init__.py
index 0cf24c0c3069..807addfdfbd6 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/actions/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/actions/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 )
 from galaxy.tools.execution_helpers import (
     filter_output,
-    on_text_for_names,
+    on_text_for_dataset_and_collections,
     ToolExecutionCache,
 )
 from galaxy.tools.parameters import update_dataset_ids
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ def _wrapped_params(self, trans, tool, incoming, input_datasets=None):
 
     def _get_on_text(self, inp_data, inp_dataset_collections):
         input_names = []
+        collection_names = []
         collection_hda_ids = set()
         # output collection id and store included hda ids (to avoid extra inclusion in the list of datasets)
         # two for loops because:
@@ -893,15 +894,15 @@ def _get_on_text(self, inp_data, inp_dataset_collections):
         for collections in inp_dataset_collections.values():
             for dataset_collection, _ in collections:
                 if getattr(dataset_collection, "hid", None):
-                    input_names.append(f"collection {dataset_collection.hid}")
+                    collection_names.append(f"{dataset_collection.hid}")
                 for element in dataset_collection.collection.elements:
                     collection_hda_ids.add(element.hda_id)
         for data in reversed(list(inp_data.values())):
             if data.id in collection_hda_ids:
                 continue
             if getattr(data, "hid", None):
-                input_names.append(f"data {data.hid}")
-        return on_text_for_names(input_names)
+                input_names.append(f"{data.hid}")
+        return on_text_for_dataset_and_collections(dataset_names=input_names, collection_names=collection_names)
 
     def _new_job_for_session(self, trans, tool, history) -> Tuple[model.Job, Optional[model.GalaxySession]]:
         job = trans.app.model.Job()
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/execute.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/execute.py
index 31369c948052..2d449581f340 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/execute.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/execute.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from galaxy.tool_util.parser import ToolOutputCollectionPart
 from galaxy.tools.execution_helpers import (
     filter_output,
-    on_text_for_names,
+    on_text_for_dataset_and_collections,
     ToolExecutionCache,
 )
 from galaxy.tools.parameters.workflow_utils import is_runtime_value
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ def record_error(self, error):
     def on_text(self) -> Optional[str]:
         collection_info = self.collection_info
         if self._on_text is None and collection_info is not None:
-            collection_names = ["collection %d" % c.hid for c in collection_info.collections.values()]
-            self._on_text = on_text_for_names(collection_names)
+            collection_names = ["%d" % c.hid for c in collection_info.collections.values()]
+            self._on_text = on_text_for_dataset_and_collections(collection_names=collection_names)
 
         return self._on_text
 
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/execution_helpers.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/execution_helpers.py
index 76413a5f6370..2d58f6bc0840 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/execution_helpers.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/execution_helpers.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def filter_output(tool, output, incoming):
     return False
 
 
-def on_text_for_names(input_names: Collection[str]) -> str:
+def on_text_for_names(input_names: Collection[str], prefix) -> str:
     # input_names may contain duplicates... this is because the first value in
     # multiple input dataset parameters will appear twice once as param_name
     # and once as param_name1.
@@ -62,11 +62,15 @@ def on_text_for_names(input_names: Collection[str]) -> str:
     if len(input_names) == 0:
         on_text = ""
     elif len(input_names) == 1:
-        on_text = input_names[0]
+        on_text = prefix + " " + input_names[0]
     elif len(input_names) == 2:
-        on_text = "{} and {}".format(*input_names)
+        on_text = prefix + "s {} and {}".format(*input_names)
     elif len(input_names) == 3:
-        on_text = "{}, {}, and {}".format(*input_names)
+        on_text = prefix + "s {}, {}, and {}".format(*input_names)
     else:
-        on_text = "{}, {}, and others".format(*input_names[:2])
+        on_text = prefix + "s {}, {}, and others".format(*input_names[:2])
     return on_text
+
+
+def on_text_for_dataset_and_collections(dataset_names: Collection[str], collection_names: Collection[str]) -> str:
+    return on_text_for_names(collection_names, "collection") + on_text_for_names(dataset_names, "data")