diff --git a/internal/reconcile/reconcile_test.go b/internal/reconcile/reconcile_test.go
index 4cf8875..cb1bb45 100644
--- a/internal/reconcile/reconcile_test.go
+++ b/internal/reconcile/reconcile_test.go
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ func TestReconcile_ConsecutiveModelErrorsStopTheWholeReconciliationInsteadOfWait
 	assert.Len(t, adj.calls, 3, "three consecutive failures and it stops asking")
 	assert.Equal(t, strings.Join(a, " "), out.Text, "the base text, with none of the partial changes")
 	assert.Equal(t, domain.ReconcileSkipped, out.Reconciliation.Status)
-	assert.Contains(t, out.Reconciliation.Reason, "gateway down")
+	assert.Contains(t, out.Reconciliation.Reason, "3 times in a row")
+	assert.NotContains(t, out.Reconciliation.Reason, "gateway down", "the reason is shown on the page: a kind, not the model's own text")
 }
 
 func TestReconcile_ASuccessBetweenFailuresResetsTheBreaker(t *testing.T) {