diff --git a/public/docs.html b/public/docs.html
index 341e149..8ec3556 100644
--- a/public/docs.html
+++ b/public/docs.html
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
   "limit": "100 PDFs/month",
   "docs": "https://docfast.dev/#endpoints"
 }</pre>
-      <div class="note warning">Save your API key immediately — it won't be shown again.</div>
+      <div class="note warning">Save your API key securely. You can recover it via email at POST /v1/recover</div>
     </div>
   </section>
 
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 0f6afc4..6c04a35 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ html, body {
       <h2>🚀 Your API key is ready!</h2>
       <div class="warning-box">
         <span class="icon">⚠️</span>
-        <span>Save your API key now — we can't recover it later.</span>
+        <span>Save your API key securely. Lost it? <a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('recover-section').scrollIntoView()" style="color:#fbbf24">Recover via email</a></span>
       </div>
       <div style="background:var(--bg);border:1px solid var(--accent);border-radius:8px;padding:14px;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.82rem;word-break:break-all;margin:16px 0;position:relative;">
         <span id="apiKeyText"></span>
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 8faeb16..6e9de17 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ p{color:#7a8194;margin-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6}
 <h1>${title}</h1>
 <p>${message}</p>
 ${apiKey ? `
-<div class="warning">⚠️ Save your API key now — we can't recover it later.</div>
+<div class="warning">⚠️ Save your API key securely. You can recover it via email if needed..</div>
 <div class="key-box" onclick="navigator.clipboard.writeText('${apiKey}');this.style.borderColor='#5eead4';setTimeout(()=>this.style.borderColor='#34d399',1500)">${apiKey}</div>
 <div class="links">100 free PDFs/month · <a href="/docs">Read the docs →</a></div>
 ` : `<div class="links"><a href="/">← Back to DocFast</a></div>`}