Better error message when failing to fetch MOTD

src/fetchMOTD.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { realtimeOrigin } from "./api";
 import * as utils from "./utils";
 
 const pkg = require("../package.json"); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 
 const ONE_DAY_MS = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
 
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
  * Fetches the message of the day.
  */
 export function fetchMOTD(): void {
   let motd = configstore.get("motd");
   const motdFetched = configstore.get("motd.fetched") || 0;
 
   if (motd && motdFetched > Date.now() - ONE_DAY_MS) {
     if (motd.minVersion && semver.gt(motd.minVersion, pkg.version)) {
       console.error(
         clc.red("Error:"),
         "CLI is out of date (on",
         clc.bold(pkg.version),
         ", need at least",
         clc.bold(motd.minVersion) + ")\n\nRun",
         clc.bold("npm install -g firebase-tools"),
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
         configstore.set("motd.fetched", Date.now());
       })
       .catch((err) => {
-        utils.logWarning("Unable to fetch the CLI MOTD and remote config.");
+        utils.logWarning(
+          "Unable to fetch the CLI MOTD and remote config. This is not a fatal error, but may indicate an issue with your network connection."
+        );
         logger.debug(`Failed to fetch MOTD ${err}`);
       });
   }