diff --git a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter.py b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter.py
index fea95b0ded8..fcb72162131 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Literal, NoReturn, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler(CustomLogger):
         if current is None:
             if max_parallel_requests == 0 or tpm_limit == 0 or rpm_limit == 0:
                 # base case
-                raise self.raise_rate_limit_error(
+                self.raise_rate_limit_error(
                     additional_details=f"{CommonProxyErrors.max_parallel_request_limit_reached.value}. Hit limit for {rate_limit_type}. Current limits: max_parallel_requests: {max_parallel_requests}, tpm_limit: {tpm_limit}, rpm_limit: {rpm_limit}"
                 )
             new_val = {
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ class _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler(CustomLogger):
 
     def raise_rate_limit_error(
         self, additional_details: Optional[str] = None
-    ) -> ProxyRateLimitError:
+    ) -> NoReturn:
         """
         Raise a 429 with a retry-after header for litellm-proxy parallel-request limits.
 
-        Returns a :class:`ProxyRateLimitError`, which is both a
+        Raises a :class:`ProxyRateLimitError`, which is both a
         :class:`litellm.RateLimitError` (so callers can catch by category) and a
         :class:`fastapi.HTTPException` (so the FastAPI dispatcher serializes it
         correctly with status 429 and the supplied headers).
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler(CustomLogger):
                 current_global_requests = 1
             # if above -> raise error
             if current_global_requests >= global_max_parallel_requests:
-                return self.raise_rate_limit_error(
+                self.raise_rate_limit_error(
                     additional_details=f"Hit Global Limit: Limit={global_max_parallel_requests}, current: {current_global_requests}"
                 )
             # if below -> increment
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_rate_limit_error_unification.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_rate_limit_error_unification.py
index d055951fb7d..11624180c72 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_rate_limit_error_unification.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_rate_limit_error_unification.py
@@ -326,6 +326,27 @@ class TestProxyHooksActuallyRaiseProxyRateLimitError:
         # And it must still be catchable as HTTPException for FastAPI's
         # default 429 dispatcher.
         assert isinstance(e, HTTPException)
+        # Regression: the detail must include the supplied additional_details
+        # and must not stringify a None placeholder.
+        assert "key-over-rpm" in e.detail
+        assert "None" not in e.detail
+
+    def test_parallel_request_limiter_v1_helper_detail_omits_none(self):
+        """Regression for the dead-variable / None-interpolation bug flagged
+        in code review: calling ``raise_rate_limit_error()`` without
+        ``additional_details`` must NOT produce a detail string ending in
+        ' None'."""
+        from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+        from litellm.proxy.hooks.parallel_request_limiter import (
+            _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler,
+        )
+
+        handler = _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler(internal_usage_cache=MagicMock())
+        with pytest.raises(ProxyRateLimitError) as exc_info:
+            handler.raise_rate_limit_error()
+        assert exc_info.value.detail == "Max parallel request limit reached"
+        assert "None" not in exc_info.value.detail
 
     def test_parallel_request_limiter_v3_handle_rate_limit_error_raises(self):
         """v3 parallel_request_limiter's ``_handle_rate_limit_error`` must