diff --git a/logfire/_internal/cli/__init__.py b/logfire/_internal/cli/__init__.py
index 8ea03b110..f008b01d1 100644
--- a/logfire/_internal/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/logfire/_internal/cli/__init__.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def parse_list_projects(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 
     projects = client.get_user_projects()
     if projects:
+        sys.stderr.write("List of the projects you have write access to (requires the 'write_token' permission):\n\n")
         sys.stderr.write(
             _pretty_table(
                 ['Organization', 'Project'],
diff --git a/logfire/_internal/config.py b/logfire/_internal/config.py
index cda6b17c7..64dec2501 100644
--- a/logfire/_internal/config.py
+++ b/logfire/_internal/config.py
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ def use_existing_project(
                 [f'{index}. {item[0]}/{item[1]}' for index, item in project_choices.items()]
             )
             selected_project_key = Prompt.ask(
-                f'Please select one of the following projects by number:\n{project_choices_str}\n',
+                f"Please select one of the following projects by number (requires the 'write_token' permission):\n{project_choices_str}\n",
                 choices=list(project_choices.keys()),
                 default='1',
             )
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index d71fcd6ac..ab3c0a0b9 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ def test_projects_list(default_credentials: Path, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[
         output = capsys.readouterr().err
         assert output.splitlines() == snapshot(
             [
+                "List of the projects you have write access to (requires the 'write_token' permission):",
+                '',
                 ' Organization   | Project',
                 '----------------|--------',
                 ' test-org       | test-pr',