diff --git a/assets/js/autocomplete.ts b/assets/js/autocomplete.ts
index aceb13f4..bc1d1a98 100644
--- a/assets/js/autocomplete.ts
+++ b/assets/js/autocomplete.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ import { getTermContexts } from './match_query';
 import store from './utils/store';
 import { TermContext } from './query/lex';
 import { $$ } from './utils/dom';
-import { fetchLocalAutocomplete, fetchSuggestions, SuggestionsPopup, TermSuggestion } from './utils/suggestions';
+import {
+  formatLocalAutocompleteResult,
+  fetchLocalAutocomplete,
+  fetchSuggestions,
+  SuggestionsPopup,
+  TermSuggestion,
+} from './utils/suggestions';
 
 let inputField: HTMLInputElement | null = null,
   originalTerm: string | undefined,
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ function listenAutocomplete() {
 
       const suggestions = localAc
         .matchPrefix(trimPrefixes(originalTerm), suggestionsCount)
-        .map(({ name, imageCount }) => ({ label: `${name} (${imageCount})`, value: name }));
+        .map(formatLocalAutocompleteResult);
 
       if (suggestions.length) {
         popup.renderSuggestions(suggestions).showForField(targetedInput);
diff --git a/assets/js/utils/__tests__/suggestions.spec.ts b/assets/js/utils/__tests__/suggestions.spec.ts
index 59102d2b..29de9691 100644
--- a/assets/js/utils/__tests__/suggestions.spec.ts
+++ b/assets/js/utils/__tests__/suggestions.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { fetchMock } from '../../../test/fetch-mock.ts';
 import {
   fetchLocalAutocomplete,
   fetchSuggestions,
+  formatLocalAutocompleteResult,
   purgeSuggestionsCache,
   SuggestionsPopup,
   TermSuggestion,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { LocalAutocompleter } from '../local-autocompleter.ts';
 import { afterEach } from 'vitest';
 import { fireEvent } from '@testing-library/dom';
+import { getRandomIntBetween } from '../../../test/randomness.ts';
 
 const mockedSuggestionsEndpoint = '/endpoint?term=';
 const mockedSuggestionsResponse = [
@@ -331,4 +333,35 @@ describe('Suggestions', () => {
       expect(() => fetchLocalAutocomplete()).rejects.toThrowError('Received error from server');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('formatLocalAutocompleteResult', () => {
+    it('should format suggested tags as tag name and the count', () => {
+      const tagName = 'safe';
+      const tagCount = getRandomIntBetween(5, 10);
+
+      const resultObject = formatLocalAutocompleteResult({
+        name: tagName,
+        aliasName: tagName,
+        imageCount: tagCount,
+      });
+
+      expect(resultObject.label).toBe(`${tagName} (${tagCount})`);
+      expect(resultObject.value).toBe(tagName);
+    });
+
+    it('should display original alias name for aliased tags', () => {
+      const tagName = 'safe';
+      const tagAlias = 'rating:safe';
+      const tagCount = getRandomIntBetween(5, 10);
+
+      const resultObject = formatLocalAutocompleteResult({
+        name: tagName,
+        aliasName: tagAlias,
+        imageCount: tagCount,
+      });
+
+      expect(resultObject.label).toBe(`${tagAlias} ⇒ ${tagName} (${tagCount})`);
+      expect(resultObject.value).toBe(tagName);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/assets/js/utils/suggestions.ts b/assets/js/utils/suggestions.ts
index fb810be3..099c9860 100644
--- a/assets/js/utils/suggestions.ts
+++ b/assets/js/utils/suggestions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { makeEl } from './dom.ts';
 import { mouseMoveThenOver } from './events.ts';
 import { handleError } from './requests.ts';
-import { LocalAutocompleter } from './local-autocompleter.ts';
+import { LocalAutocompleter, Result } from './local-autocompleter.ts';
 
 export interface TermSuggestion {
   label: string;
@@ -175,3 +175,16 @@ export async function fetchLocalAutocomplete(): Promise<LocalAutocompleter> {
     .then(resp => resp.arrayBuffer())
     .then(buf => new LocalAutocompleter(buf));
 }
+
+export function formatLocalAutocompleteResult(result: Result): TermSuggestion {
+  let tagName = result.name;
+
+  if (tagName !== result.aliasName) {
+    tagName = `${result.aliasName} ⇒ ${tagName}`;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    value: result.name,
+    label: `${tagName} (${result.imageCount})`,
+  };
+}