diff --git a/config/unidesk-cli.yaml b/config/unidesk-cli.yaml
index 03a37c59..f16bb534 100644
--- a/config/unidesk-cli.yaml
+++ b/config/unidesk-cli.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ output:
   maxStdoutBytes: 10240
   dumpDir: /tmp/unidesk-cli-output
   includePreview: false
-  warning: "CLI stdout exceeded YAML-configured limit; full output was dumped to /tmp. Improve this command to use concise tables and progressive disclosure."
+  warning: "CLI stdout exceeded YAML-configured limit; full output was dumped to /tmp for one-off drill-down only. This is a CLI usability defect: improve the command itself to print concise tables/summaries and id-specific progressive disclosure instead of repeatedly depending on dump extraction."
diff --git a/scripts/src/output.ts b/scripts/src/output.ts
index a769f5c6..7f2e5670 100644
--- a/scripts/src/output.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/output.ts
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ function cliOutputPolicy(): CliOutputPolicy {
       maxStdoutBytes: EMERGENCY_OUTPUT_DUMP_THRESHOLD_BYTES,
       dumpDir: EMERGENCY_OUTPUT_DUMP_DIR,
       includePreview: false,
-      warning: "CLI output policy YAML could not be loaded; emergency dump guard is active and this YAML configuration must be fixed.",
+      warning: "CLI output policy YAML could not be loaded; emergency dump guard is active for one-off drill-down only. Fix config/unidesk-cli.yaml, then improve the noisy command itself to print concise tables/summaries and id-specific progressive disclosure instead of repeatedly depending on dump extraction.",
       configPath: CLI_OUTPUT_CONFIG_RELATIVE_PATH,
       configError: message,
     };