diff --git a/dashboard/client/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts b/dashboard/client/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
index adb00cbea7..b7072876f7 100644
--- a/dashboard/client/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
+++ b/dashboard/client/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ export class Pod extends WorkloadKubeObject {
 
   // Returns pod phase or container error if occured
   getStatusMessage() {
+    if (this.getReason() === PodStatus.EVICTED) return "Evicted";
+    if (this.getStatus() === PodStatus.RUNNING && this.metadata.deletionTimestamp) return "Terminating";
+
     let message = "";
     const statuses = this.getContainerStatuses(false); // not including initContainers
     if (statuses.length) {
@@ -313,7 +316,6 @@ export class Pod extends WorkloadKubeObject {
         }
       })
     }
-    if (this.getReason() === PodStatus.EVICTED) return "Evicted";
     if (message) return message;
     return this.getStatusPhase();
   }
diff --git a/dashboard/client/components/+workloads/workloads-mixins.scss b/dashboard/client/components/+workloads/workloads-mixins.scss
index d3b2a10b97..84bcca8219 100644
--- a/dashboard/client/components/+workloads/workloads-mixins.scss
+++ b/dashboard/client/components/+workloads/workloads-mixins.scss
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ $pod-status-evicted-color: $colorError;
 $pod-status-succeeded-color: $colorSuccess;
 $pod-status-failed-color: $colorError;
 $pod-status-terminated-color: $colorTerminated;
+$pod-status-terminating-color: $colorTerminated;
 $pod-status-unknown-color: $colorVague;
 $pod-status-complete-color: $colorSuccess;
 $pod-status-crash-loop-color: $colorError;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ $pod-status-color-list: (
   waiting: $pod-status-pending-color,
   succeeded: $pod-status-succeeded-color,
   failed: $pod-status-failed-color,
+  terminating: $pod-status-terminating-color,
   terminated: $pod-status-terminated-color,
   completed: $pod-status-complete-color,
   crash-loop-back-off: $pod-status-crash-loop-color,