diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
index 41542c327f..321db2fd10 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Program.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ export function compileProgram(
        */
       if (environment.isErr()) {
         CompilerError.throwInvalidConfig({
-          reason: "Error in validating environment config",
+          reason:
+            "Error in validating environment config. This is an advanced setting and not meant to be used directly",
           description: environment.unwrapErr().toString(),
           suggestions: null,
           loc: null,
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/Environment.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/Environment.ts
index 57d8fe73b0..6ada70c488 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/Environment.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/Environment.ts
@@ -393,9 +393,9 @@ export function parseConfigPragma(pragma: string): EnvironmentConfig {
   if (config.success) {
     return config.data;
   }
-  CompilerError.throwInvalidConfig({
-    reason: `${fromZodError(config.error)}`,
-    description: "Update Forget config to fix the error",
+  CompilerError.invariant(false, {
+    reason: "Internal error, could not parse config from pragma string",
+    description: `${fromZodError(config.error)}`,
     loc: null,
     suggestions: null,
   });
@@ -597,8 +597,9 @@ export function validateEnvironmentConfig(
   }
 
   CompilerError.throwInvalidConfig({
-    reason: `${fromZodError(config.error)}`,
-    description: "Update Forget config to fix the error",
+    reason:
+      "Could not validate environment config. Update React Compiler config to fix the error",
+    description: `${fromZodError(config.error)}`,
     loc: null,
     suggestions: null,
   });
@@ -615,8 +616,9 @@ export function tryParseExternalFunction(
   }
 
   CompilerError.throwInvalidConfig({
-    reason: `${fromZodError(externalFunction.error)}`,
-    description: "Update Forget config to fix the error",
+    reason:
+      "Could not parse external function. Update React Compiler config to fix the error",
+    description: `${fromZodError(externalFunction.error)}`,
     loc: null,
     suggestions: null,
   });
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/envConfig-test.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/envConfig-test.ts
index 2975d33872..78467393b3 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/envConfig-test.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/envConfig-test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe("parseConfigPragma()", () => {
         validateHooksUsage: 1,
       } as any);
     }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
-      `"InvalidConfig: Validation error: Expected boolean, received number at "validateHooksUsage". Update Forget config to fix the error"`
+      `"InvalidConfig: Could not validate environment config. Update React Compiler config to fix the error. Validation error: Expected boolean, received number at "validateHooksUsage""`
     );
   });