diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
index 9ad85d08f0e..96b9e8ffd57 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import type { FilePart } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2"
 import { TuiEvent } from "../../event"
 import { iife } from "@/util/iife"
 import { Locale } from "@/util/locale"
+import { formatDuration } from "@/util/format"
 import { createColors, createFrames } from "../../ui/spinner.ts"
 import { useDialog } from "@tui/ui/dialog"
 import { DialogProvider as DialogProviderConnect } from "../dialog-provider"
@@ -1037,7 +1038,8 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
                       if (!r) return ""
                       const baseMessage = message()
                       const truncatedHint = isTruncated() ? " (click to expand)" : ""
-                      const retryInfo = ` [retrying ${seconds() > 0 ? `in ${seconds()}s ` : ""}attempt #${r.attempt}]`
+                      const duration = formatDuration(seconds())
+                      const retryInfo = ` [retrying ${duration ? `in ${duration} ` : ""}attempt #${r.attempt}]`
                       return baseMessage + truncatedHint + retryInfo
                     }
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/util/format.ts b/packages/opencode/src/util/format.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ae62eac450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/util/format.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+export function formatDuration(secs: number) {
+  if (secs <= 0) return ""
+  if (secs < 60) return `${secs}s`
+  if (secs < 3600) {
+    const mins = Math.floor(secs / 60)
+    const remaining = secs % 60
+    return remaining > 0 ? `${mins}m ${remaining}s` : `${mins}m`
+  }
+  if (secs < 86400) {
+    const hours = Math.floor(secs / 3600)
+    const remaining = Math.floor((secs % 3600) / 60)
+    return remaining > 0 ? `${hours}h ${remaining}m` : `${hours}h`
+  }
+  if (secs < 604800) {
+    const days = Math.floor(secs / 86400)
+    return days === 1 ? "~1 day" : `~${days} days`
+  }
+  const weeks = Math.floor(secs / 604800)
+  return weeks === 1 ? "~1 week" : `~${weeks} weeks`
+}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/util/format.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/util/format.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b346e7f6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/util/format.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { formatDuration } from "../../src/util/format"
+
+describe("util.format", () => {
+  describe("formatDuration", () => {
+    test("returns empty string for zero or negative values", () => {
+      expect(formatDuration(0)).toBe("")
+      expect(formatDuration(-1)).toBe("")
+      expect(formatDuration(-100)).toBe("")
+    })
+
+    test("formats seconds under a minute", () => {
+      expect(formatDuration(1)).toBe("1s")
+      expect(formatDuration(30)).toBe("30s")
+      expect(formatDuration(59)).toBe("59s")
+    })
+
+    test("formats minutes under an hour", () => {
+      expect(formatDuration(60)).toBe("1m")
+      expect(formatDuration(61)).toBe("1m 1s")
+      expect(formatDuration(90)).toBe("1m 30s")
+      expect(formatDuration(120)).toBe("2m")
+      expect(formatDuration(330)).toBe("5m 30s")
+      expect(formatDuration(3599)).toBe("59m 59s")
+    })
+
+    test("formats hours under a day", () => {
+      expect(formatDuration(3600)).toBe("1h")
+      expect(formatDuration(3660)).toBe("1h 1m")
+      expect(formatDuration(7200)).toBe("2h")
+      expect(formatDuration(8100)).toBe("2h 15m")
+      expect(formatDuration(86399)).toBe("23h 59m")
+    })
+
+    test("formats days under a week", () => {
+      expect(formatDuration(86400)).toBe("~1 day")
+      expect(formatDuration(172800)).toBe("~2 days")
+      expect(formatDuration(259200)).toBe("~3 days")
+      expect(formatDuration(604799)).toBe("~6 days")
+    })
+
+    test("formats weeks", () => {
+      expect(formatDuration(604800)).toBe("~1 week")
+      expect(formatDuration(1209600)).toBe("~2 weeks")
+      expect(formatDuration(1609200)).toBe("~2 weeks")
+    })
+
+    test("handles boundary values correctly", () => {
+      expect(formatDuration(59)).toBe("59s")
+      expect(formatDuration(60)).toBe("1m")
+      expect(formatDuration(3599)).toBe("59m 59s")
+      expect(formatDuration(3600)).toBe("1h")
+      expect(formatDuration(86399)).toBe("23h 59m")
+      expect(formatDuration(86400)).toBe("~1 day")
+      expect(formatDuration(604799)).toBe("~6 days")
+      expect(formatDuration(604800)).toBe("~1 week")
+    })
+  })
+})