diff --git a/command/eval_status.go b/command/eval_status.go
index acecc1e0f..fc1c1a657 100644
--- a/command/eval_status.go
+++ b/command/eval_status.go
@@ -98,12 +98,13 @@ func (c *EvalStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		out := make([]string, len(evals)+1)
 		out[0] = "ID|Priority|Triggered By|Status|Placement Failures"
 		for i, eval := range evals {
-			out[i+1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s|%d|%s|%s|%t",
+			failures, _ := evalFailureStatus(eval)
+			out[i+1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s|%d|%s|%s|%s",
 				limit(eval.ID, length),
 				eval.Priority,
 				eval.TriggeredBy,
 				eval.Status,
-				len(eval.FailedTGAllocs) != 0,
+				failures,
 			)
 		}
 		c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple evaluations\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ func (c *EvalStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	failures := len(eval.FailedTGAllocs) != 0
+	failureString, failures := evalFailureStatus(eval)
 	triggerNoun, triggerSubj := getTriggerDetails(eval)
 	statusDesc := eval.StatusDescription
 	if statusDesc == "" {
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ func (c *EvalStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		fmt.Sprintf("TriggeredBy|%s", eval.TriggeredBy),
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s|%s", triggerNoun, triggerSubj),
 		fmt.Sprintf("Priority|%d", eval.Priority),
-		fmt.Sprintf("Placement Failures|%t", failures),
+		fmt.Sprintf("Placement Failures|%s", failureString),
 	}
 
 	if verbose {
diff --git a/command/helpers.go b/command/helpers.go
index dfc8eea00..430868c43 100644
--- a/command/helpers.go
+++ b/command/helpers.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package command
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
@@ -69,3 +70,19 @@ func getLocalNodeID(client *api.Client) (string, error) {
 
 	return nodeID, nil
 }
+
+// evalFailureStatus returns whether the evaluation has failures and a string to
+// display when presenting users with whether there are failures for the eval
+func evalFailureStatus(eval *api.Evaluation) (string, bool) {
+	if eval == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	hasFailures := len(eval.FailedTGAllocs) != 0
+	text := strconv.FormatBool(hasFailures)
+	if eval.Status == "blocked" {
+		text = "N/A - In Progress"
+	}
+
+	return text, hasFailures
+}
diff --git a/command/status.go b/command/status.go
index 3351bba67..2abbaf704 100644
--- a/command/status.go
+++ b/command/status.go
@@ -252,12 +252,13 @@ func (c *StatusCommand) outputJobInfo(client *api.Client, job *api.Job) error {
 	evals = make([]string, len(jobEvals)+1)
 	evals[0] = "ID|Priority|Triggered By|Status|Placement Failures"
 	for i, eval := range jobEvals {
-		evals[i+1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s|%d|%s|%s|%t",
+		failures, _ := evalFailureStatus(eval)
+		evals[i+1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s|%d|%s|%s|%s",
 			limit(eval.ID, c.length),
 			eval.Priority,
 			eval.TriggeredBy,
 			eval.Status,
-			len(eval.FailedTGAllocs) != 0,
+			failures,
 		)
 
 		if eval.Status == "blocked" {