diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/handler.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/handler.py
index 2841dc0e071..fa9d4e3b850 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/handler.py
@@ -137,15 +137,13 @@ def _installed_sdk_version() -> str | None:
 
 
 def _sdk_import_error(installed_version: str | None, cause: ImportError) -> ImportError:
-    install_hint: Final = (
-        "Install with: pip install 'litellm[bedrock-realtime]' "
-        f"(pins {BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_DISTRIBUTION}[awscrt]{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE})"
-    )
+    install_hint: Final = "pip install 'litellm[bedrock-realtime]'"
+    requirement: Final = f"{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_DISTRIBUTION}[awscrt]{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE}"
     if installed_version is None:
-        return ImportError(f"Missing aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime for Bedrock realtime. {install_hint}")
+        return ImportError(f"Missing aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime: {install_hint} ({requirement})")
     return ImportError(
-        f"{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_DISTRIBUTION} {installed_version} is installed but Bedrock realtime supports "
-        f"{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE} with the awscrt transport: {cause}. {install_hint}"
+        f"{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_DISTRIBUTION} {installed_version} is installed but Bedrock realtime needs "
+        f"[awscrt]{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE}: {install_hint}. Import failed with: {cause}"
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/test_bedrock_realtime_handler.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/test_bedrock_realtime_handler.py
index c16db836748..c2000e6cd50 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/test_bedrock_realtime_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/test_bedrock_realtime_handler.py
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 import pytest
 
 import litellm
-from litellm.constants import REALTIME_SESSION_SUCCESS_LOGGED_KEY
+from litellm.constants import (
+    BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE,
+    REALTIME_SESSION_SUCCESS_LOGGED_KEY,
+    WEBSOCKET_CLOSE_REASON_MAX_BYTES,
+)
 from litellm.llms.bedrock.common_utils import BedrockError
 from litellm.llms.bedrock.realtime.handler import BedrockRealtime
 from litellm.llms.bedrock.realtime.transformation import BedrockRealtimeConfig
@@ -969,6 +973,9 @@ class TestBedrockRealtimeSdkImportErrors:
         assert message.startswith("Missing aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime")
         assert "litellm[bedrock-realtime]" in message
         assert "is installed but" not in message
+        close_reason = message.encode()[:WEBSOCKET_CLOSE_REASON_MAX_BYTES].decode()
+        assert BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE in close_reason
+        assert "pip install 'litellm[bedrock-realtime]'" in close_reason
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_incompatible_sdk_names_installed_version_and_supported_range(self, monkeypatch):
@@ -988,6 +995,9 @@ class TestBedrockRealtimeSdkImportErrors:
         assert "aws-sdk-bedrock-runtime 0.7.0 is installed but" in message
         assert ">=0.10.0,<0.12.0" in message
         assert not message.startswith("Missing aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime")
+        close_reason = message.encode()[:WEBSOCKET_CLOSE_REASON_MAX_BYTES].decode()
+        assert "0.7.0 is installed" in close_reason
+        assert BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE in close_reason
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_dockerfile_bedrock_realtime_extra.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_dockerfile_bedrock_realtime_extra.py
index 84e5e9e2af2..e157c982105 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_dockerfile_bedrock_realtime_extra.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_dockerfile_bedrock_realtime_extra.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Static checks that every proxy Docker image installs the `bedrock-realtime` extr
 Bedrock Nova Sonic speech-to-speech (`/v1/realtime`) needs `aws-sdk-bedrock-runtime`,
 which only ships in the `bedrock-realtime` extra. An image whose `uv sync` stages
 omit the extra fails every Nova Sonic realtime session with
-"Missing aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime for Bedrock realtime".
+"Missing aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime: pip install 'litellm[bedrock-realtime]' ...".
 """
 
 import os