diff --git a/openverse_catalog/dags/common/loader/reporting.py b/openverse_catalog/dags/common/loader/reporting.py
index fc42b440e4f..916667282f9 100644
--- a/openverse_catalog/dags/common/loader/reporting.py
+++ b/openverse_catalog/dags/common/loader/reporting.py
@@ -6,12 +6,37 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+# Shamelessly lifted from:
+# https://gist.github.com/borgstrom/936ca741e885a1438c374824efb038b3
+TIME_DURATION_UNITS = (
+    ("week", 60 * 60 * 24 * 7),
+    ("day", 60 * 60 * 24),
+    ("hour", 60 * 60),
+    ("min", 60),
+    ("sec", 1),
+)
+
+
+def humanize_time_duration(seconds):
+    if seconds == 0:
+        return "inf"
+    parts = []
+    for unit, div in TIME_DURATION_UNITS:
+        amount, seconds = divmod(int(seconds), div)
+        if amount > 0:
+            parts.append("{} {}{}".format(amount, unit, "" if amount == 1 else "s"))
+    return ", ".join(parts)
+
+
 def report_completion(provider_name, media_type, duration, record_count):
     """
     Send a Slack notification when the load_data task has completed.
     Messages are only sent out in production and if a Slack connection is defined.
     In all cases the data is logged.
     """
+    # Truncate the duration value if it's provided
+    if isinstance(duration, float):
+        duration = humanize_time_duration(duration)
 
     message = f"""
 *Provider*: `{provider_name}`
diff --git a/tests/dags/common/loader/test_reporting.py b/tests/dags/common/loader/test_reporting.py
index 719bb4a584a..b1ca8374bbc 100644
--- a/tests/dags/common/loader/test_reporting.py
+++ b/tests/dags/common/loader/test_reporting.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
-from common.loader.reporting import report_completion
+from common.loader.reporting import humanize_time_duration, report_completion
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
@@ -21,3 +21,21 @@ def test_report_completion(should_send_message):
         report_completion("Jamendo", "Audio", None, 100)
         # Send message is only called if `should_send_message` is True.
         send_message_mock.called = should_send_message
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "seconds, expected",
+    [
+        (1, "1 sec"),
+        (10, "10 secs"),
+        (100, "1 min, 40 secs"),
+        (1000, "16 mins, 40 secs"),
+        (10000, "2 hours, 46 mins, 40 secs"),
+        (100000, "1 day, 3 hours, 46 mins, 40 secs"),
+        (1000000, "1 week, 4 days, 13 hours, 46 mins, 40 secs"),
+        (10000000, "16 weeks, 3 days, 17 hours, 46 mins, 40 secs"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_humanize_time_duration(seconds, expected):
+    actual = humanize_time_duration(seconds)
+    assert actual == expected