diff --git a/src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts
index a9c5bc3c2b2..24c729de26b 100644
--- a/src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ describe("cron cli", () => {
       expect.stringContaining("No --agent specified"),
     );
     expect(defaultRuntime.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.stringContaining("default agent (main)"),
+      expect.stringContaining("configured default agent"),
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-add.ts b/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-add.ts
index dcdc3fc2a39..fa3772c211f 100644
--- a/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-add.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-add.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export function registerCronAddCommand(cron: Command) {
           if (payload.kind === "agentTurn" && !agentId) {
             defaultRuntime.error(
               theme.warn(
-                "No --agent specified; the job will run with the default agent (main). " +
+                "No --agent specified; the job will run with the configured default agent. " +
                   "Specify --agent to choose a specific agent.",
               ),
             );