diff --git a/R/check_model_diagnostics.R b/R/check_model_diagnostics.R
index ef0e2e2d7..ff9482934 100644
--- a/R/check_model_diagnostics.R
+++ b/R/check_model_diagnostics.R
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
 
   if (is.null(res_) || all(is.na(res_))) {
     if (verbose) {
-      if (!is.null(model_info$family)) {
-        fam <- paste0("`", model_info$family, "`")
-      } else {
+      if (is.null(model_info$family)) {
         fam <- "model"
+      } else {
+        fam <- paste0("`", model_info$family, "`")
       }
       insight::format_alert(
         paste(
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-check_model.R b/tests/testthat/test-check_model.R
index 4a3d23703..06973756f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-check_model.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-check_model.R
@@ -51,3 +51,24 @@ test_that("`check_model()` works for quantreg", {
   x <- check_model(qm, verbose = FALSE)
   expect_s3_class(x, "check_model")
 })
+
+test_that("`check_model()` warnings for tweedie", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("glmmTMB")
+  skip_if_not_installed("lme4")
+  data(sleepstudy, package = "lme4")
+  set.seed(123)
+  d <- sleepstudy[sample.int(50), ]
+  m <- suppressWarnings(glmmTMB::glmmTMB(Reaction ~ Days,
+    data = d,
+    family = glmmTMB::tweedie
+  ))
+  expect_message(
+    expect_message(
+      expect_message(
+        check_model(m, iterations = 1, verbose = TRUE),
+        regex = "Not enough model terms"
+      ),
+      regex = "QQ plot could not"
+    )
+  )
+})