diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.sanitizeuserfacingtext.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.sanitizeuserfacingtext.test.ts
index 3f975ce02e..bde06a285c 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.sanitizeuserfacingtext.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.sanitizeuserfacingtext.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe("sanitizeUserFacingText", () => {
   it("sanitizes direct context-overflow errors", () => {
     expect(
       sanitizeUserFacingText(
-        "Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. Try again with less input or a larger-context model.",
+        "Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. Try /reset (or /new) to start a fresh session, or use a larger-context model.",
         { errorContext: true },
       ),
     ).toContain("Context overflow: prompt too large for the model.");
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe("sanitizeUserFacingText", () => {
 
   it("does not swallow assistant text that quotes the canonical context-overflow string", () => {
     const text =
-      "Changelog note: we fixed false positives for `Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. Try again with less input or a larger-context model.` in 2026.2.9";
+      "Changelog note: we fixed false positives for `Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. Try /reset (or /new) to start a fresh session, or use a larger-context model.` in 2026.2.9";
     expect(sanitizeUserFacingText(text)).toBe(text);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
index 1e2b232ec6..6138c4d5c8 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ export function formatAssistantErrorText(
   if (isContextOverflowError(raw)) {
     return (
       "Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. " +
-      "Try again with less input or a larger-context model."
+      "Try /reset (or /new) to start a fresh session, or use a larger-context model."
     );
   }
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ export function sanitizeUserFacingText(text: string, opts?: { errorContext?: boo
     if (shouldRewriteContextOverflowText(trimmed)) {
       return (
         "Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. " +
-        "Try again with less input or a larger-context model."
+        "Try /reset (or /new) to start a fresh session, or use a larger-context model."
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run.ts
index 268c263038..7fa46ced3b 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run.ts
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ export async function runEmbeddedPiAgent(
                 {
                   text:
                     "Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. " +
-                    "Try again with less input or a larger-context model.",
+                    "Try /reset (or /new) to start a fresh session, or use a larger-context model.",
                   isError: true,
                 },
               ],