diff --git a/changes/15707-hqr-report-updated-empty-state-update b/changes/15707-hqr-report-updated-empty-state-update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31298492da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/15707-hqr-report-updated-empty-state-update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* Update the Host > Queries > Report updated column's empty state to reflect its including live as
+well as scheduled query runs.
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/Queries/ReportUpdatedCell/ReportUpdatedCell.tests.tsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/Queries/ReportUpdatedCell/ReportUpdatedCell.tests.tsx
index 057de57bd3..3f059a9bb8 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/Queries/ReportUpdatedCell/ReportUpdatedCell.tests.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/Queries/ReportUpdatedCell/ReportUpdatedCell.tests.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe("ReportUpdatedCell component", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText(/View report/)).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("Renders 'Never with tooltip and link to report when run on an interval with discard data off and no last_fetched time", () => {
+  it("Renders '---' with tooltip and link to report when run on an interval with discard data off and no last_fetched time", () => {
     render(
       <ReportUpdatedCell
         interval={1000}
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ describe("ReportUpdatedCell component", () => {
       />
     );
 
-    expect(screen.getByText(/Never/)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText(/This query has not run/)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText(/View report/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/---/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText(/Fleet is collecting query results\./)
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Check back later./)).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it("Renders a last-updated timestamp with tooltip and link to report when a last_fetched date is present", () => {
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/Queries/ReportUpdatedCell/ReportUpdatedCell.tsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/Queries/ReportUpdatedCell/ReportUpdatedCell.tsx
index 8bdec1eab0..a0adf74ec8 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/Queries/ReportUpdatedCell/ReportUpdatedCell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/Queries/ReportUpdatedCell/ReportUpdatedCell.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import ReactTooltip from "react-tooltip";
 import { COLORS } from "styles/var/colors";
 import Icon from "components/Icon";
 import TextCell from "components/TableContainer/DataTable/TextCell";
+import { DEFAULT_EMPTY_CELL_VALUE } from "utilities/constants";
 
 const baseClass = "report-updated-cell";
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ const ReportUpdatedCell = ({
         const tipId = uniqueId();
         return (
           <TextCell
-            value="Never"
+            value={DEFAULT_EMPTY_CELL_VALUE}
             formatter={(val) => (
               <>
                 <span data-tip data-for={tipId}>
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ const ReportUpdatedCell = ({
                   backgroundColor={COLORS["tooltip-bg"]}
                   place="top"
                 >
-                  This query has not run on this host.
+                  Fleet is collecting query results.
+                  <br />
+                  Check back later.
                 </ReactTooltip>
               </>
             )}