diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/tree.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/tree.rs
index 481dde5ef..39193b940 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/tree.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/tree.rs
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ pub(crate) fn pip_tree(
     if rendered_tree.contains('*') {
         writeln!(
             printer.stdout(),
-            r#"{}: (*) indicates the package has been `de-duplicated`.
-The dependencies for the package have already been shown elsewhere in the graph, and so are not repeated."#,
-            "Note".yellow().bold()
+            "{}",
+            "(*) Package tree already displayed".italic()
         )?;
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/pip_tree.rs b/crates/uv/tests/pip_tree.rs
index 2ae3e0688..a8d076f8f 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/pip_tree.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/pip_tree.rs
@@ -150,11 +150,9 @@ fn nested_dependencies() {
     │   └── numpy v1.26.4 (*)
     ├── joblib v1.3.2
     └── threadpoolctl v3.4.0
-    Note: (*) indicates the package has been `de-duplicated`.
-    The dependencies for the package have already been shown elsewhere in the graph, and so are not repeated.
+    (*) Package tree already displayed
 
     ----- stderr -----
-
     "###
     );
 }
@@ -261,8 +259,7 @@ fn nested_dependencies_more_complex() {
             ├── markdown-it-py v3.0.0
             │   └── mdurl v0.1.2
             └── pygments v2.17.2 (*)
-    Note: (*) indicates the package has been `de-duplicated`.
-    The dependencies for the package have already been shown elsewhere in the graph, and so are not repeated.
+    (*) Package tree already displayed
 
     ----- stderr -----
     "###
@@ -332,11 +329,9 @@ fn cyclic_dependency() {
     └── uv-cyclic-dependencies-a v0.1.0
         └── uv-cyclic-dependencies-b v0.1.0
             └── uv-cyclic-dependencies-a v0.1.0 (*)
-    Note: (*) indicates the package has been `de-duplicated`.
-    The dependencies for the package have already been shown elsewhere in the graph, and so are not repeated.
+    (*) Package tree already displayed
 
     ----- stderr -----
-
     "###
     );
 }
@@ -539,8 +534,7 @@ fn multiple_packages_shared_descendant() {
     time-machine v2.14.1
     └── python-dateutil v2.9.0.post0 (*)
     urllib3 v2.2.1
-    Note: (*) indicates the package has been `de-duplicated`.
-    The dependencies for the package have already been shown elsewhere in the graph, and so are not repeated.
+    (*) Package tree already displayed
 
     ----- stderr -----
     "###