diff --git a/bin/omarchy-provision-first-run b/bin/omarchy-provision-first-run
index 11c2eb88..98764291 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-provision-first-run
+++ b/bin/omarchy-provision-first-run
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ usage() {
 Usage: omarchy-provision-first-run [--force]
 
 Run first-login user setup and notification hooks. By default this only runs
-once per user. Use --force to rerun the full sequence and refresh user setup.
+once per user.
 USAGE
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ done
 state_dir=~/.local/state/omarchy
 FIRST_RUN_DONE="first-run-user"
 if omarchy-done check "$FIRST_RUN_DONE" && (( force == 0 )); then
-  echo "First-run already complete (rerun with --force to refresh)."
+  echo "First-run already complete."
   exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-provision-owner b/bin/omarchy-provision-owner
index b5321a4d..a1a22559 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-provision-owner
+++ b/bin/omarchy-provision-owner
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ run_provisioning() {
   log_step "finalizing user"
   echo finalize >"$STATE_FILE"
   if ! finalize_user; then
-    log_step "finalize-user failed (continuing; user can retry after login)"
+    log_step "finalize-user failed (continuing)"
     touch "$FINALIZE_WARNING_FLAG"
   fi
 
@@ -1092,7 +1092,6 @@ run_setup() {
     clear_logo
     echo
     say --foreground 1 "User finalization reported errors (see $LOG_FILE)."
-    say --foreground 1 "Run 'omarchy-provision-user --force' after login to retry."
     sleep 3
   fi
 
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-provision-user b/bin/omarchy-provision-user
index 3bcbf7a8..0545978f 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-provision-user
+++ b/bin/omarchy-provision-user
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ state_dir="$HOME/.local/state/omarchy"
 mkdir -p "$state_dir"
 
 if omarchy-done check finalize-user && (( force == 0 )); then
-  echo "User finalization already complete (rerun with --force to refresh)."
+  echo "User finalization already complete."
   exit 0
 fi