diff --git a/src/stagehand/_custom/sea_binary.py b/src/stagehand/_custom/sea_binary.py
index 9c6badc8..db52d084 100644
--- a/src/stagehand/_custom/sea_binary.py
+++ b/src/stagehand/_custom/sea_binary.py
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ def resolve_binary_path(
         raise FileNotFoundError(
             f"Stagehand SEA binary not found at {candidate}.\n"
             f"For local development, download the binary using:\n"
-            f"  uv run python scripts/download-binary.py\n"
+            f"  uv run python scripts/download_binary.py\n"
             f"Or set the STAGEHAND_SEA_BINARY environment variable to point to your binary.\n"
             f"For production use, install a platform-specific wheel from PyPI.\n"
-            f"See: https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python#local-development"
+            f"See: https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md"
         )
 
     _ensure_executable(candidate)
diff --git a/tests/test_sea_binary.py b/tests/test_sea_binary.py
index 1c098ac7..41f7fd3d 100644
--- a/tests/test_sea_binary.py
+++ b/tests/test_sea_binary.py
@@ -87,3 +87,21 @@ def _fake_http_get_json(_url: str) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
     monkeypatch.setattr(download_binary, "_http_get_json", _fake_http_get_json)
 
     assert download_binary.resolve_latest_server_tag() == "stagehand-server-v3/v3.19.1"
+
+
+def test_missing_binary_error_uses_valid_download_instructions(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("STAGEHAND_SEA_BINARY", raising=False)
+
+    def _missing_resource(_filename: str) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sea_binary, "_resource_binary_path", _missing_resource)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sea_binary, "default_binary_filename", lambda: "missing-stagehand-binary")
+
+    with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError) as exc_info:
+        sea_binary.resolve_binary_path()
+
+    message = str(exc_info.value)
+    assert "uv run python scripts/download_binary.py" in message
+    assert "scripts/download-binary.py" not in message
+    assert "blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md" in message