diff --git a/.changelog/18345.txt b/.changelog/18345.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e692422c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/18345.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+services: Include response body in output for successful HTTP checks when using Nomad native service discovery
+```
diff --git a/client/serviceregistration/checks/client.go b/client/serviceregistration/checks/client.go
index c4e785f30..c65d2851c 100644
--- a/client/serviceregistration/checks/client.go
+++ b/client/serviceregistration/checks/client.go
@@ -205,16 +205,12 @@ func (c *checker) checkHTTP(ctx context.Context, qc *QueryContext, q *Query) *st
 	switch {
 	case result.StatusCode == http.StatusOK:
 		qr.Status = structs.CheckSuccess
-		qr.Output = "nomad: http ok"
-		return qr
 	case result.StatusCode < http.StatusBadRequest:
 		qr.Status = structs.CheckSuccess
 	default:
 		qr.Status = structs.CheckFailure
 	}
 
-	// status code was not 200; read the response body and set that as the
-	// check result output content
 	qr.Output = limitRead(result.Body)
 
 	return qr
diff --git a/client/serviceregistration/checks/client_test.go b/client/serviceregistration/checks/client_test.go
index f601305cc..5fb7abe81 100644
--- a/client/serviceregistration/checks/client_test.go
+++ b/client/serviceregistration/checks/client_test.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func TestChecker_Do_HTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			structs.Healthiness,
 			structs.CheckSuccess,
 			http.StatusOK,
-			"nomad: http ok",
+			"200 ok",
 		),
 	}, {
 		name: "200 readiness",
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestChecker_Do_HTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			structs.Readiness,
 			structs.CheckSuccess,
 			http.StatusOK,
-			"nomad: http ok",
+			"200 ok",
 		),
 	}, {
 		name: "500 healthiness",
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func TestChecker_Do_HTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			structs.Healthiness,
 			structs.CheckSuccess,
 			http.StatusOK,
-			"nomad: http ok",
+			"200 ok",
 		),
 	}}