diff --git a/lib/cartodb/api/middlewares/rate-limit.js b/lib/cartodb/api/middlewares/rate-limit.js
index 55062d76..a1f54e6e 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/api/middlewares/rate-limit.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/api/middlewares/rate-limit.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function rateLimit(userLimitsBackend, endpointGroup = null) {
                 res.set('Retry-After', retry + 1);
 
                 let rateLimitError = new Error(
-                    'You are over platform\'s limits. Please contact us to know more details'
+                    'You are over platform\'s limits: too many requests. Please contact us to know more details'
                 );
                 rateLimitError.http_status = 429;
                 rateLimitError.type = 'limit';
diff --git a/test/acceptance/rate-limit.test.js b/test/acceptance/rate-limit.test.js
index 925d5028..46c854be 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/rate-limit.test.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/rate-limit.test.js
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function assertRateLimitRequest (status, limit, remaining, reset, retry, done) {
             assert.ifError(err);
         } else {
             assert.ok(err);
-            assert.equal(err.message, 'You are over platform\'s limits. Please contact us to know more details');
+            assert.equal(err.message, 'You are over platform\'s limits: too many requests. Please contact us to know more details');
             assert.equal(err.http_status, 429);
             assert.equal(err.type, 'limit');
             assert.equal(err.subtype, 'rate-limit');