diff --git a/packages/cli/src/validateNonInterActiveAuth.ts b/packages/cli/src/validateNonInterActiveAuth.ts
index 52681d12..ab1675b9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/validateNonInterActiveAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/validateNonInterActiveAuth.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ function getAuthTypeFromEnv(): AuthType | undefined {
   if (process.env['OPENAI_API_KEY']) {
     return AuthType.USE_OPENAI;
   }
+  if (process.env['QWEN_OAUTH']) {
+    return AuthType.QWEN_OAUTH;
+  }
   return undefined;
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ export async function validateNonInteractiveAuth(
       enforcedType || getAuthTypeFromEnv() || configuredAuthType;
 
     if (!effectiveAuthType) {
-      const message = `Please set an Auth method in your ${USER_SETTINGS_PATH} or specify one of the following environment variables before running: GEMINI_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI, GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_GCA`;
+      const message = `Please set an Auth method in your ${USER_SETTINGS_PATH} or specify one of the following environment variables before running: QWEN_OAUTH, OPENAI_API_KEY`;
       throw new Error(message);
     }