diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
index 92a5c31543..d5b4f737bd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ module GitHub
     class RateLimitExceededError < Error
       def initialize(reset, github_message)
         @github_message = github_message
+        new_PAT_message = API.credentials ? "" : ", or:\n#{CREATE_GITHUB_PAT_MESSAGE}"
         super <<~EOS
           GitHub API Error: #{github_message}
-          Try again in #{pretty_ratelimit_reset(reset)}#{API.credentials ? "" : ", or:\n#{CREATE_GITHUB_PAT_MESSAGE}"}
+          Try again in #{pretty_ratelimit_reset(reset)}#{new_PAT_message}
         EOS
       end