diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fdaed03d03..a11155fc62c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 - Fixed `EuiCode` and `EuiCodeBlock` from erroring in environments without a DOM implementation ([#3405](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3405))
 - Fixed `ApplyClassComponentDefaults` typescript utility to correctly determine defaulted properties' types ([#3430](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3430))
+- Fixed `prettyDuration` return type to be `string`, use fallback value  ([#3438](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3438))
 
 ## [`23.2.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v23.2.0)
 
diff --git a/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/pretty_duration.ts b/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/pretty_duration.ts
index 8436373ac4f..86d565d22f8 100644
--- a/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/pretty_duration.ts
+++ b/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/pretty_duration.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export function prettyDuration(
       return timeFrom === quickFrom && timeTo === quickTo;
     }
   );
-  if (matchingQuickRange) {
+  if (matchingQuickRange && matchingQuickRange.label) {
     return matchingQuickRange.label;
   }