diff --git a/src/Type/Php/DateIntervalFormatDynamicReturnTypeExtension.php b/src/Type/Php/DateIntervalFormatDynamicReturnTypeExtension.php
index f6d32b02ed..08f66913cc 100644
--- a/src/Type/Php/DateIntervalFormatDynamicReturnTypeExtension.php
+++ b/src/Type/Php/DateIntervalFormatDynamicReturnTypeExtension.php
@@ -56,17 +56,20 @@ public function getTypeFromMethodCall(MethodReflection $methodReflection, Method
 		}
 
 		// The worst case scenario for the non-falsy-string check is that every number is 0.
+		// `%a` format gives `(unknown)` and removes numeric and uppercase accessory but then
+		// we'll have to manually check for the non-falsy one.
 		$dateInterval = new DateInterval('P0D');
 
 		$possibleReturnTypes = [];
 		foreach ($constantStrings as $string) {
-			$value = $dateInterval->format($string->getValue());
+			$formatString = $string->getValue();
+			$value = $dateInterval->format($formatString);
 
 			$accessories = [];
 			if (is_numeric($value)) {
 				$accessories[] = new AccessoryNumericStringType();
 			}
-			if ($value !== '0' && $value !== '') {
+			if ($value !== '0' && $value !== '' && $formatString !== '%a') {
 				$accessories[] = new AccessoryNonFalsyStringType();
 			} elseif ($value !== '') {
 				$accessories[] = new AccessoryNonEmptyStringType();
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/bug-1452.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/bug-1452.php
index c4c40325c6..75e4676bdd 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/bug-1452.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/bug-1452.php
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@
 
 $dateInterval = (new \DateTimeImmutable('now -60 minutes'))->diff(new \DateTimeImmutable('now'));
 
-// Could be lowercase-string&non-falsy-string&numeric-string&uppercase-string
-assertType('lowercase-string&non-falsy-string', $dateInterval->format('%a'));
+assertType(
+    'lowercase-string&non-empty-string',
+    $dateInterval->format('%a')
+);