diff --git a/aider/exceptions.py b/aider/exceptions.py
index 12c257540..3c2ff0c30 100644
--- a/aider/exceptions.py
+++ b/aider/exceptions.py
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ class LiteLLMExceptions:
                 return ExInfo("APIConnectionError", False, "You need to: pip install boto3")
             if "OpenrouterException" in str(ex) and "'choices'" in str(ex):
                 return ExInfo(
-                    "APIConnectionError", True, "The OpenRouter API provider is down or offline"
+                    "APIConnectionError", True, "The OpenRouter API provider is down or overloaded."
                 )
         return self.exceptions.get(ex.__class__, ExInfo(None, None, None))