diff --git a/src/entrypoints/init.ts b/src/entrypoints/init.ts
index 829d5891b..0a188044c 100644
--- a/src/entrypoints/init.ts
+++ b/src/entrypoints/init.ts
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ export const init = memoize(async (): Promise<void> => {
       }
     } catch {
       // Ripgrep status is best-effort; never block init.
+      logForDebugging('[init] ripgrep status check skipped')
     }
 
     logForDiagnosticsNoPII('info', 'init_completed', {
diff --git a/src/utils/ripgrep.ts b/src/utils/ripgrep.ts
index c6366d1d7..2229019b0 100644
--- a/src/utils/ripgrep.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ripgrep.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function resolveBuiltinWithFallback(
     mode: 'builtin',
     command: builtinPath,
     args: [],
-    note: `no ripgrep available on ${p}; install via apt/pkg/brew or set USE_BUILTIN_RIPGREP=0`,
+    note: `no ripgrep available on ${p}; install ripgrep via apt/pkg/brew`,
   }
 }