Setting placeholder text in list of tables via field code 'TOC \\h \\z \\c "Table"'

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I have a list of tables I'm populating using a field code like this:

        instrText.text = 'TOC \\h \\z \\c "Table"'  

It works well, but if there are no tables, Microsoft Word will use the placeholder text:

No table of figures entries found.

That looks a bit weird, since the heading directly above it is "List of Tables"

I tried this but it didn't take:

        instrText.text = 'TOC \\h \\z \\c "Table" \\* MERGEFORMAT \* \\z "No tables found in the document."'