diff --git a/extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts b/extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
index 61c1796787ca..4e98a3f53e63 100644
--- a/extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
+++ b/extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ export class CopilotCLIChatSessionParticipant extends Disposable {
 				});
 		}
 
-		stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('{0} agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the Agents View.', 'Background Agent'));
+		stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('{0} has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the Agents View.', 'Background Agent'));
 
 		return {};
 	}
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ export class CopilotCLIChatSessionParticipant extends Disposable {
 		session.addUserMessage(userPrompt);
 
 		// Add assistant message event with embedded PR metadata
-		const assistantMessage = `GitHub Copilot cloud agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the associated chat and pull request.\n<pr_metadata uri="${prInfo.uri.toString()}" title="${escapeXml(prInfo.title)}" description="${escapeXml(prInfo.description)}" author="${escapeXml(prInfo.author)}" linkTag="${escapeXml(prInfo.linkTag)}"/>`;
+		const assistantMessage = `Cloud Agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the associated chat and pull request.\n<pr_metadata uri="${prInfo.uri.toString()}" title="${escapeXml(prInfo.title)}" description="${escapeXml(prInfo.description)}" author="${escapeXml(prInfo.author)}" linkTag="${escapeXml(prInfo.linkTag)}"/>`;
 		session.addUserAssistantMessage(assistantMessage);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts b/extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts
index c634d43a683d..af2511fc419f 100644
--- a/extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ export class CopilotCloudSessionsProvider extends Disposable implements vscode.C
 		} else {
 			// Delegated flow
 			// NOTE: VS Code will now close the parent/source chat in most cases.
-			stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('GitHub Copilot cloud agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the Agents View and associated pull request.'));
+			stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('Cloud Agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the Agents View and associated pull request.'));
 		}
 
 		// Return this for external callers, eg: CLI