diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
index bfccace9f85..046755305a9 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/handle_jwt.py
@@ -2061,8 +2061,9 @@ class JWTAuthManager:
                 raise HTTPException(
                     status_code=403,
                     detail=(
-                        f"No team has access to the requested model: {requested_model}. "
-                        f"Checked teams={user_team_ids}. Check `/models` to see all available models."
+                        f"No team you are a member of has access to the requested "
+                        f"model: {requested_model}. Check `/models` to see the models "
+                        f"available to you."
                     ),
                 )
             raise HTTPException(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_handle_jwt.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_handle_jwt.py
index 3573850a0f9..23c616ad5c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_handle_jwt.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_handle_jwt.py
@@ -5020,6 +5020,7 @@ async def test_resolve_db_team_fallback_distinguishes_no_membership_vs_model_den
     assert model_denied.value.status_code == 403
     assert "requested model" in model_denied.value.detail
     assert "gpt-4" in model_denied.value.detail
+    assert "only_team" not in model_denied.value.detail
 
     assert no_member.value.status_code == 403
     assert "not a member of any team" in no_member.value.detail