diff --git a/cli/src/__tests__/cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts b/cli/src/__tests__/cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts
index 2bf119b6..25e5c00e 100644
--- a/cli/src/__tests__/cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts
+++ b/cli/src/__tests__/cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ describe("--prompt-file with real files", () => {
       "/tmp/spawn-nonexistent-test-file-12345.txt",
     ]);
     const out = output(result);
-    expect(out).toContain("Error reading prompt file");
+    expect(out).toContain("Prompt file not found");
     expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
   });
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ describe("--prompt-file with real files", () => {
       "/tmp/spawn-missing-file.txt",
     ]);
     const out = output(result);
-    expect(out).toContain("Make sure the file exists");
+    expect(out).toContain("Check the path and try again");
     expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
   });
 });
diff --git a/cli/src/__tests__/index-main-routing.test.ts b/cli/src/__tests__/index-main-routing.test.ts
index 58e9079d..759fca92 100644
--- a/cli/src/__tests__/index-main-routing.test.ts
+++ b/cli/src/__tests__/index-main-routing.test.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ describe("extractFlagValue in actual CLI", () => {
     it("should error when prompt file does not exist", () => {
       const result = runCli(["claude", "sprite", "--prompt-file", "/tmp/nonexistent-spawn-test-file.txt"]);
       const output = result.stderr + result.stdout;
-      expect(output).toContain("Error reading prompt file");
+      expect(output).toContain("Prompt file not found");
       expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
     });
   });