diff --git a/src/sentry/tempest/tasks.py b/src/sentry/tempest/tasks.py
index e2c4bcb07b31d6..3fce38c2d69f7b 100644
--- a/src/sentry/tempest/tasks.py
+++ b/src/sentry/tempest/tasks.py
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ def fetch_latest_item_id(credentials_id: int, **kwargs) -> None:
             if result["latest_id"] is None:
                 # If there are no crashes in the CRS we want to communicate that back to the
                 # customer so that they are not surprised about no crashes arriving.
-                credentials.message = "No crashes found"
-                credentials.message_type = MessageType.ERROR
+                credentials.message = "Connection successful. No crashes found in the crash report system yet. New crashes will appear here automatically when they occur."
+                credentials.message_type = MessageType.WARNING
                 credentials.save(update_fields=["message", "message_type"])
                 return
             else:
diff --git a/tests/sentry/tempest/test_tempest.py b/tests/sentry/tempest/test_tempest.py
index 76bfd0daf34a12..3e4309dc132563 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/tempest/test_tempest.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/tempest/test_tempest.py
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ def test_fetch_latest_item_id_task_no_id(self, mock_fetch: MagicMock) -> None:
         fetch_latest_item_id(self.credentials.id)
 
         self.credentials.refresh_from_db()
-        assert self.credentials.message == "No crashes found"
-        assert self.credentials.message_type == MessageType.ERROR
+        assert (
+            self.credentials.message
+            == "Connection successful. No crashes found in the crash report system yet. New crashes will appear here automatically when they occur."
+        )
+        assert self.credentials.message_type == MessageType.WARNING
         assert self.credentials.latest_fetched_item_id is None
 
     @patch("sentry.tempest.tasks.fetch_latest_id_from_tempest")