diff --git a/internal/event/consume/validate.go b/internal/event/consume/validate.go
index e25e6a5a..33eafe0b 100644
--- a/internal/event/consume/validate.go
+++ b/internal/event/consume/validate.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 	// --foreground, --force would silently produce two daemons writing
 	// to the same socket — refuse upfront.
 	ErrForceRequiresForeground = &ValidationError{
-		Msg: "--force is only meaningful with --foreground (in daemon mode it would produce multiple bus instances; cloud events would be randomly split across connections). To restart the bus: preview dws event stop --all --dry-run, confirm with --yes, then run dws event consume",
+		Msg: "--force is only meaningful with --foreground (in daemon mode it would produce multiple bus instances; cloud events would be randomly split across connections). To restart the bus: preview dws event stop --all --dry-run, confirm with dws event stop --all --yes, then run dws event consume",
 	}
 
 	// ErrJSONFormatRequiresBounded is the plan §3.1 contract: --format
diff --git a/internal/event/consume/validate_test.go b/internal/event/consume/validate_test.go
index 525e9250..4da7dff0 100644
--- a/internal/event/consume/validate_test.go
+++ b/internal/event/consume/validate_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ func TestValidate_ForceRequiresForeground(t *testing.T) {
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrForceRequiresForeground) {
 		t.Fatalf("err = %v, want ErrForceRequiresForeground", err)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "event stop && dws event consume") {
+	for _, recoveryStep := range []string{"event stop --all --dry-run", "event stop --all --yes", "event consume"} {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), recoveryStep) {
+			continue
+		}
 		t.Errorf("error message must include the recovery hint, got: %s", err.Error())
 	}