diff --git a/invokeai/backend/install/check_root.py b/invokeai/backend/install/check_root.py
index cde53f7100..a9887a5025 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/install/check_root.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/install/check_root.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ def check_invokeai_root(config: InvokeAIAppConfig):
         print(
             '** From the command line, activate the virtual environment and run "invokeai-configure --yes --skip-sd-weights" **'
         )
-        print('** (To skip this check completely, add "--ignore_missing_core_models" to your CLI args. Not recommended.)')
+        print('** (To skip this check completely, add "--ignore_missing_core_models" to your CLI args. Not installing '
+              'these core models will prevent the loading of some or all .safetensors and .ckpt files. Howeer, you can '
+              'always come back and install these core models in the future.)')
         input("Press any key to continue...")
         sys.exit(0)