diff --git a/install.ps1 b/install.ps1
index 681f1a4..eee9b2b 100644
--- a/install.ps1
+++ b/install.ps1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ try {
     try {
         Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $DownloadUrl -OutFile $TarGzPath -UseBasicParsing
     } catch {
-        Write-Host "error: your platform and architecture (windows-$Arch) is unsupported."
+        Write-Host "error: failed to download binary. This may be due to an unsupported platform (windows-$Arch) or a network issue."
         exit 1
     }
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 40f7337..803b76c 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ echo -e "${MUTED}" # Muted progress bar
 HTTP_CODE=$(curl -SL --progress-bar "$DOWNLOAD_URL" --output "$TEMP_FILE" --write-out "%{http_code}")
 if [ "$HTTP_CODE" -lt 200 ] || [ "$HTTP_CODE" -gt 299 ]; then
 	echo -e "${NC}"
-	echo "error: your platform and architecture (${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}) is unsupported."
+	echo "error: failed to download binary (HTTP $HTTP_CODE). This may be due to an unsupported platform (${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}) or a network issue."
 	exit 1
 fi