diff --git a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
index 244083e92e9..eb8a8aabdbc 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/chatgpt/authenticator.py
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ class Authenticator:
                     "ChatGPT device-code login needs a human and cannot run inside a running event loop "
                     "(for example the LiteLLM proxy). Log in once outside the proxy with "
                     '`python -c "from litellm.llms.chatgpt.authenticator import Authenticator; '
-                    'Authenticator().get_access_token()"` and mount the resulting '
-                    f"{self.auth_file} into the proxy, or set CHATGPT_TOKEN_DIR to a directory that already holds it."
+                    'Authenticator().get_access_token()"` and mount the resulting auth.json into the proxy, '
+                    "or set CHATGPT_TOKEN_DIR to a directory that already holds it."
                 ),
                 status_code=401,
             )
diff --git a/litellm/llms/github_copilot/authenticator.py b/litellm/llms/github_copilot/authenticator.py
index 269eaaa88b6..1a51fd88608 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/github_copilot/authenticator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/github_copilot/authenticator.py
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ class Authenticator:
                     "GitHub Copilot device-code login needs a human and cannot run inside a running event loop "
                     "(for example the LiteLLM proxy). Log in once outside the proxy with "
                     '`python -c "from litellm.llms.github_copilot.authenticator import Authenticator; '
-                    'Authenticator().get_access_token()"` and mount the resulting '
-                    f"{self.access_token_file} into the proxy, or set GITHUB_COPILOT_TOKEN_DIR to a directory "
-                    "that already holds it."
+                    'Authenticator().get_access_token()"` and mount the resulting access-token file into '
+                    "the proxy, or set GITHUB_COPILOT_TOKEN_DIR to a directory that already holds it."
                 ),
                 status_code=401,
             )
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
index 982d4807caf..6c3c8adc948 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/chatgpt/test_chatgpt_authenticator.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class TestChatGPTAuthenticator:
 
         assert exc.value.status_code == 401
         assert "event loop" in str(exc.value)
+        assert authenticator.auth_file not in str(exc.value)
         mock_login.assert_not_called()
         mock_wait.assert_not_called()
 
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ class TestChatGPTAuthenticator:
 
         assert exc.value.status_code == 401
         assert "event loop" in str(exc.value)
+        assert authenticator.auth_file not in str(exc.value)
         mock_login.assert_not_called()
         mock_wait.assert_not_called()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_authenticator.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_authenticator.py
index a1f72b541f7..98914fa4840 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/github_copilot/test_github_copilot_authenticator.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class TestGitHubCopilotAuthenticator:
 
         assert exc.value.status_code == 401
         assert "event loop" in str(exc.value)
+        assert authenticator.access_token_file not in str(exc.value)
         mock_login.assert_not_called()
 
     def test_get_access_token_failure(self, authenticator):