diff --git a/packages/lib/rateLimit.ts b/packages/lib/rateLimit.ts
index 5a2d5e4995..1c0944f03a 100644
--- a/packages/lib/rateLimit.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/rateLimit.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function rateLimiter() {
   const { UNKEY_ROOT_KEY } = process.env;
 
   if (!UNKEY_ROOT_KEY) {
-    log.warn("Disabled due to not finding UNKEY_ROOT_KEY env variable");
+    log.warn("Disabled because the UNKEY_ROOT_KEY environment variable was not found.");
     return () => ({ success: true, limit: 10, remaining: 999, reset: 0 } as RatelimitResponse);
   }
   const timeout = {