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-rw-r--r--docs/cli/authentication.md2
-rw-r--r--packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cli/authentication.md b/docs/cli/authentication.md
index bb9fea84..ea2cd623 100644
--- a/docs/cli/authentication.md
+++ b/docs/cli/authentication.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The Gemini CLI requires you to authenticate with Google's AI services. On initia
- During initial startup, Gemini CLI will direct you to a webpage for authentication. Once authenticated, your credentials will be cached locally so the web login can be skipped on subsequent runs.
- Note that the web login must be done in a browser that can communicate with the machine Gemini CLI is being run from. (Specifically, the browser will be redirected to a localhost url that Gemini CLI will be listening on).
-2. **Gemini API key:**
+2. **<a id="gemini-api-key"></a>Gemini API key:**
- Obtain your API key from Google AI Studio: [https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey](https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey)
- Set the `GEMINI_API_KEY` environment variable. In the following methods, replace `YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY` with the API key you obtained from Google AI Studio:
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(),
);