diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 0b14cd608..7891a11f7 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -1377,6 +1377,14 @@
                         </form>
                         <form id="claude_form">
                             <h4>Claude API Key</h4>
+                            <div>
+                                Get your key from <a target="_blank" href="https://console.anthropic.com/account/keys">Anthropic's developer console</a>.
+                            </div>
+                            <div>
+                                <b>
+                                    Slack and Poe cookies will not work here, do not bother trying.
+                                </b>
+                            </div>
                             <div class="flex-container">
                                 <input id="api_key_claude" name="api_key_claude" class="text_pole flex1" maxlength="500" value="" type="text" autocomplete="off">
                                 <div title="Clear your API key" class="menu_button fa-solid fa-circle-xmark clear-api-key" data-key="api_key_claude"></div>
diff --git a/public/scripts/openai.js b/public/scripts/openai.js
index 5ca7b8eeb..008db9978 100644
--- a/public/scripts/openai.js
+++ b/public/scripts/openai.js
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ async function getStatusOpen() {
         }
 
         if (oai_settings.chat_completion_source == chat_completion_sources.CLAUDE) {
-            let status = 'I can\'t validate your key, but I hope it is legit.';
+            let status = 'Unable to verify key; assuming it\'s valid.';
             setOnlineStatus(status);
             return resultCheckStatusOpen();
         }