diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ComplexityRouterAdvancedSections.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ComplexityRouterAdvancedSections.tsx
index 71f8bce76b5..44adecb9e1d 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ComplexityRouterAdvancedSections.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ComplexityRouterAdvancedSections.tsx
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ const ComplexityRouterAdvancedSections: React.FC<ComplexityRouterAdvancedSection
     },
     {
       key: "reminder-markers",
-      label: <strong className="text-foreground font-semibold">Advanced: Reminder Markers</strong>,
+      label: <strong className="text-foreground font-semibold">Advanced: Ignore Custom Tags</strong>,
       children: <ReminderMarkers value={value} onChange={onChange} showValidationErrors={showValidationErrors} />,
     },
     {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ComplexityRouterConfig.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ComplexityRouterConfig.test.tsx
index 56b37b92af3..756e505997c 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ComplexityRouterConfig.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ComplexityRouterConfig.test.tsx
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe("ComplexityRouterConfig", () => {
 
     expect(screen.getByText("Advanced: Heuristic Keyword Overrides")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText("Advanced: Housekeeping Routing")).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText("Advanced: Reminder Markers")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Advanced: Ignore Custom Tags")).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     const capabilityValue = { ...defaultValue, classifier_type: "capability" as const };
     rerender(<ComplexityRouterConfig {...baseProps} value={capabilityValue} />);
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe("ComplexityRouterConfig", () => {
     renderWithProviders(
       <ComplexityRouterConfig {...baseProps} value={value} showValidationErrors={showValidationErrors} />,
     );
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Advanced: Reminder Markers"));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Advanced: Ignore Custom Tags"));
     const validation = screen.queryByText(/needs both/i);
     if (showValidationErrors) {
       expect(validation).toBeInTheDocument();
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ReminderMarkers.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ReminderMarkers.tsx
index c7f9ee48e0b..88901bb8645 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ReminderMarkers.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/ReminderMarkers.tsx
@@ -26,31 +26,32 @@ const ReminderMarkers: React.FC<{
   return (
     <div>
       <p className="mb-4 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-        Delimiter pairs that wrap harness-injected reminder blocks, which are stripped before classification. Setting
-        any pair replaces the built-in pairs, so list every pair your harness emits. Matching is case-insensitive and
-        values are saved lowercased.
+        Auto Router already ignores built-in reminder tags, such as <code>&lt;system-reminder&gt;</code>, when choosing
+        a model. Leave this empty to keep the defaults. Add custom opening and closing tags to ignore the text between
+        them when routing. Custom pairs replace the defaults, so include any built-in pairs you still need. The selected
+        model still receives the full message. Matching is case-insensitive.
       </p>
       <div className="space-y-3">
         {markers.map((marker, index) => (
           <div className="flex items-end gap-2" key={index}>
             <div className="flex-1">
               <label className="mb-1 block text-sm font-medium" htmlFor={`reminder-marker-${index}-open`}>
-                Opening delimiter
+                Opening tag
               </label>
               <Input
                 id={`reminder-marker-${index}-open`}
-                placeholder="<system-reminder>"
+                placeholder="<note>"
                 value={marker.open}
                 onChange={(event) => update(index, { open: event.target.value })}
               />
             </div>
             <div className="flex-1">
               <label className="mb-1 block text-sm font-medium" htmlFor={`reminder-marker-${index}-close`}>
-                Closing delimiter
+                Closing tag
               </label>
               <Input
                 id={`reminder-marker-${index}-close`}
-                placeholder="</system-reminder>"
+                placeholder="</note>"
                 value={marker.close}
                 onChange={(event) => update(index, { close: event.target.value })}
               />
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ const ReminderMarkers: React.FC<{
             <Button
               variant="ghost"
               size="icon"
-              aria-label={`Remove reminder marker pair ${index + 1}`}
+              aria-label={`Remove tag pair ${index + 1}`}
               onClick={() => remove(index)}
             >
               <Trash2 />
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ const ReminderMarkers: React.FC<{
         onClick={() => onChange({ ...value, reminder_markers: [...markers, { open: "", close: "" }] })}
       >
         <Plus />
-        Add marker pair
+        Add tag pair
       </Button>
       {showValidationErrors && error && <p className="mt-2 text-xs text-destructive">{error}</p>}
     </div>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/build_complexity_router_config.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/build_complexity_router_config.ts
index 9b4f1980f62..13df40464f0 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/build_complexity_router_config.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/build_complexity_router_config.ts
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ export const getReminderMarkersError = (pairs: ReminderMarkerPair[] | undefined)
   for (const [index, pair] of (pairs ?? []).entries()) {
     const open = pair.open.trim().toLowerCase();
     const close = pair.close.trim().toLowerCase();
-    if (!open || !close) return `Reminder marker pair ${index + 1} needs both an opening and a closing delimiter`;
-    if (open === close) return `Reminder marker pair ${index + 1} must use different opening and closing delimiters`;
+    if (!open || !close) return `Tag pair ${index + 1} needs both an opening and a closing tag`;
+    if (open === close) return `Tag pair ${index + 1} must use different opening and closing tags`;
   }
   return null;
 };
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/edit_auto_router/edit_auto_router_modal.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/edit_auto_router/edit_auto_router_modal.integration.test.tsx
index aa6cf92ceb9..6d66152cee5 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/edit_auto_router/edit_auto_router_modal.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/edit_auto_router/edit_auto_router_modal.integration.test.tsx
@@ -377,9 +377,9 @@ describe("EditAutoRouterModal advanced field round trips", () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Route housekeeping calls to the cheapest tier" })).not.toBeChecked();
     expect(screen.getByRole("combobox", { name: "e.g., conversation title" })).toHaveValue("");
 
-    await user.click(screen.getByText("Advanced: Reminder Markers"));
-    expect(screen.getByLabelText("Opening delimiter")).toHaveValue("<a>");
-    expect(screen.getByLabelText("Closing delimiter")).toHaveValue("</a>");
+    await user.click(screen.getByText("Advanced: Ignore Custom Tags"));
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText("Opening tag")).toHaveValue("<a>");
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText("Closing tag")).toHaveValue("</a>");
 
     await user.click(screen.getByText("Advanced: Response Format"));
     const maxTokensSwitch = screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Cap max_tokens at the tier model's output ceiling" });