diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/auth/token.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/auth/token.ts
index ecfa8bbd50..789f513e1a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/auth/token.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/auth/token.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ By default, the CLI auth token is only valid for 1 year. To generate a long-live
       if (token && token.access_token.expires_in) {
         const d = new Date()
         d.setSeconds(d.getSeconds() + token.access_token.expires_in)
-        this.warn(`token will expire ${formatRelative(d, new Date())}\n${isInternal ? 'All tokens will expire one year after last generation' : `Use ${color.cmd('heroku authorizations:create')} to generate a long-term token`}`)
+        this.warn(`token will expire ${formatRelative(d, new Date())}\n${isInternal ? 'All tokens expire one year after we generate it.' : `To generate a long-lived token, use ${color.cmd('heroku authorizations:create')}.`}`)
       }
     } catch (error: any) {
       this.warn(error)
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/auth/token.unit.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/auth/token.unit.test.ts
index e3593b3df6..362d7256a0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/auth/token.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/auth/token.unit.test.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ describe('auth:token', () => {
     .command(['auth:token'])
     .it('shows "long-term" token generation warning for non-internal users', ctx => {
       expect(ctx.stdout).to.equal('foobar\n')
-      expect(ctx.stderr).to.contain('Use heroku authorizations:create to generate a long-term token')
-      expect(ctx.stderr).to.not.contain('All tokens will expire one year after last generation')
+      expect(ctx.stderr).to.contain('To generate a long-lived token, use heroku authorizations:create.')
+      expect(ctx.stderr).to.not.contain('All tokens expire one year after we generate it.')
     })
 
   test
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('auth:token', () => {
     .command(['auth:token'])
     .it('shows AT2 token generation warning for internal users', ctx => {
       expect(ctx.stdout).to.equal('foobar\n')
-      expect(ctx.stderr).to.contain('All tokens will expire one year after last generation')
-      expect(ctx.stderr).to.not.contain('Use heroku authorizations:create to generate a long-term token')
+      expect(ctx.stderr).to.contain('All tokens expire one year after we generate it.')
+      expect(ctx.stderr).to.not.contain('To generate a long-lived token, use heroku authorizations:create.')
     })
 })