diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-adults-invite.md b/.changeset/thirty-adults-invite.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89e3774813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-adults-invite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": minor
+---
+
+Use a more detailed cyclic dependencies warning
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
index 5a104bcc52..6b80215ea8 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ when running add/update with the --workspace option')
           ? `: ${sequencedGraph.cycles.map(deps => deps.join(', ')).join('; ')}`
           : ''
         logger.warn({
-          message: `There are cyclic dependencies${cyclicDependenciesInfo}`,
+          message: `There are cyclic workspace dependencies${cyclicDependenciesInfo}`,
           prefix: opts.workspaceDir,
         })
       }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/warnCyclicDependencies.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/warnCyclicDependencies.ts
index 8077096565..6799638e01 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/warnCyclicDependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/warnCyclicDependencies.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test('should warn about cyclic dependencies', async () => {
 
   expect(logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   expect(logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-    message: expect.stringMatching(/^There are cyclic dependencies: /),
+    message: expect.stringMatching(/^There are cyclic workspace dependencies: /),
     prefix: process.cwd(),
   })
 })