feat: Refine model fallback messaging to reflect reality. (#1527)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
index 2d2e9db4..d57a1b93 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@ const App = ({ config, settings, startupWarnings = [] }: AppProps) => {
       addItem(
         {
           type: MessageType.INFO,
-          text: `⚡ Rate limiting detected. Automatically switching from ${currentModel} to ${fallbackModel} for faster responses for the remainder of this session.`,
+          text: `⚡ Slow response times detected. Automatically switching from ${currentModel} to ${fallbackModel} for faster responses for the remainder of this session.
+⚡ To avoid this you can utilize a Gemini API Key. See: https://goo.gle/gemini-cli-docs-auth#gemini-api-key
+⚡ You can switch authentication methods by typing /auth`,
         },
         Date.now(),
       );