diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionMoveController.php b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionMoveController.php
--- a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionMoveController.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionMoveController.php
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
     if ($request->isFormPost()) {
       $v_note = $request->getStr('description');
       $v_slug = $request->getStr('slug');
+      $normal_slug = PhabricatorSlug::normalize($v_slug);
 
       // If what the user typed isn't what we're actually using, warn them
       // about it.
       if (strlen($v_slug)) {
-        $normal_slug = PhabricatorSlug::normalize($v_slug);
         $no_slash_slug = rtrim($normal_slug, '/');
         if ($normal_slug !== $v_slug && $no_slash_slug !== $v_slug) {
           return $this->newDialog()
@@ -66,9 +66,21 @@
       $xactions[] = id(new PhrictionTransaction())
         ->setTransactionType(PhrictionTransaction::TYPE_MOVE_TO)
         ->setNewValue($document);
-      $target_document = PhrictionDocument::initializeNewDocument(
-        $viewer,
-        $v_slug);
+      $target_document = id(new PhrictionDocumentQuery())
+        ->setViewer($viewer)
+        ->withSlugs(array($normal_slug))
+        ->needContent(true)
+        ->requireCapabilities(
+          array(
+            PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_VIEW,
+            PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_EDIT,
+          ))
+        ->executeOne();
+      if (!$target_document) {
+        $target_document = PhrictionDocument::initializeNewDocument(
+          $viewer,
+          $v_slug);
+      }
       try {
         $editor->applyTransactions($target_document, $xactions);
         $redir_uri = PhrictionDocument::getSlugURI(
diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/editor/PhrictionTransactionEditor.php b/src/applications/phriction/editor/PhrictionTransactionEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/phriction/editor/PhrictionTransactionEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/editor/PhrictionTransactionEditor.php
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@
           // Prevent overwrites and no-op moves.
           $exists = PhrictionDocumentStatus::STATUS_EXISTS;
           if ($target_document) {
+            $message = null;
             if ($target_document->getSlug() == $source_document->getSlug()) {
               $message = pht(
                 'You can not move a document to its existing location. '.
@@ -598,13 +599,14 @@
                 'overwrite an existing document which is already at that '.
                 'location. Move or delete the existing document first.');
             }
-
-            $error = new PhabricatorApplicationTransactionValidationError(
-              $type,
-              pht('Invalid'),
-              $message,
-              $xaction);
-            $errors[] = $error;
+            if ($message !== null) {
+              $error = new PhabricatorApplicationTransactionValidationError(
+                $type,
+                pht('Invalid'),
+                $message,
+                $xaction);
+              $errors[] = $error;
+            }
           }
           break;