diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
index 70f03f5ddef..66203e6cecd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
@@ -552,12 +552,11 @@ protected override void ProcessRecord()
                             using HttpResponseMessage response = GetResponse(client, request, handleRedirect);
 
                             string contentType = ContentHelper.GetContentType(response);
-                            string respVerboseMsg = string.Format(
-                                CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
-                                WebCmdletStrings.WebResponseVerboseMsg,
-                                response.Content.Headers.ContentLength,
-                                contentType);
-
+                            long? contentLength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
+                            string respVerboseMsg = contentLength is null
+                                ? string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, WebCmdletStrings.WebResponseNoSizeVerboseMsg, contentType)
+                                : string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, WebCmdletStrings.WebResponseVerboseMsg, contentLength, contentType);
+                            
                             WriteVerbose(respVerboseMsg);
 
                             bool _isSuccess = response.IsSuccessStatusCode;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/resources/WebCmdletStrings.resx b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/resources/WebCmdletStrings.resx
index a9628c647e3..99a1d0ef7c6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/resources/WebCmdletStrings.resx
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/resources/WebCmdletStrings.resx
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@
   <data name="WebResponseVerboseMsg" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>received {0}-byte response of content type {1}</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="WebResponseNoSizeVerboseMsg" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>received response of content type {0} of unknown size</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="RetryVerboseMsg" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Retrying after interval of {0} seconds. Status code for previous attempt: {1}</value>
   </data>