diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index 8fd239f14..ffd1c3806 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ target 'Signal' do
     pod 'AxolotlKit',                 git: 'https://github.com/WhisperSystems/SignalProtocolKit.git'
     #pod 'AxolotlKit',                 path: '../SignalProtocolKit'
     pod 'SignalServiceKit',           git: 'https://github.com/WhisperSystems/SignalServiceKit.git'
+    #pod 'SignalServiceKit',           git: 'https://github.com/WhisperSystems/SignalServiceKit.git', :branch => 'charlesmchen/rateLimitingErrorMessage'
     #pod 'SignalServiceKit',           path: '../SignalServiceKit'
     pod 'OpenSSL'
     pod 'PastelogKit',                '~> 1.3'
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index da112d5cf..27b757ebc 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ PODS:
     - TwistedOakCollapsingFutures
     - YapDatabase/SQLCipher
   - SocketRocket (0.5.1)
-  - SQLCipher/common (3.4.0)
-  - SQLCipher/fts (3.4.0):
+  - SQLCipher/common (3.4.1)
+  - SQLCipher/fts (3.4.1):
     - SQLCipher/common
   - TwistedOakCollapsingFutures (1.0.0):
     - UnionFind (~> 1.0)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ CHECKOUT OPTIONS:
     :commit: 945c04f9e70f7119d2ada4edb938849f3b7febab
     :git: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/SignalProtocolKit.git
   SignalServiceKit:
-    :commit: 93219e4d23e07b3734fb8df4a2d244b26fcecd59
+    :commit: 12027152f4bffd650badad73203bff788684d76d
     :git: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/SignalServiceKit.git
   SocketRocket:
     :commit: 41b57bb2fc292a814f758441a05243eb38457027
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   SCWaveformView: 52a96750255d817e300565a80c81fb643e233e07
   SignalServiceKit: 59a79a51b89b963ba94db30cc99ed5212da0bb9f
   SocketRocket: dbb1554b8fc288ef8ef370d6285aeca7361be31e
-  SQLCipher: 4c768761421736a247ed6cf412d9045615d53dff
+  SQLCipher: 43d12c0eb9c57fb438749618fc3ce0065509a559
   TwistedOakCollapsingFutures: f359b90f203e9ab13dfb92c9ff41842a7fe1cd0c
   UnionFind: c33be5adb12983981d6e827ea94fc7f9e370f52d
   YapDatabase: b1e43555a34a5298e23a045be96817a5ef0da58f
   ZXingObjC: bf15b3814f7a105b6d99f47da2333c93a063650a
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 48dbf2fb380d626bb799a782dd41b6bf1e466506
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 23ca4df281ad1e794af6967db2047f43df88e96a
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.1.1
diff --git a/Signal/src/view controllers/CodeVerificationViewController.m b/Signal/src/view controllers/CodeVerificationViewController.m
index 095fffaae..4f80500f9 100644
--- a/Signal/src/view controllers/CodeVerificationViewController.m	
+++ b/Signal/src/view controllers/CodeVerificationViewController.m	
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #import <PromiseKit/AnyPromise.h>
 #import <SignalServiceKit/OWSError.h>
 #import <SignalServiceKit/TSAccountManager.h>
+#import <SignalServiceKit/TSNetworkManager.h>
 #import <SignalServiceKit/TSStorageManager+keyingMaterial.h>
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
@@ -269,10 +270,21 @@ NSString *const kCompletedRegistrationSegue = @"CompletedRegistration";
 
 - (void)presentAlertWithVerificationError:(NSError *)error
 {
-    UIAlertController *alertController = [UIAlertController
-        alertControllerWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"REGISTRATION_VERIFICATION_FAILED_TITLE", @"Alert view title")
-                         message:error.localizedDescription
-                  preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
+    UIAlertController *alertController;
+    // In the case of the "rate limiting" error, we want to show the
+    // "recovery suggestion", not the error's "description."
+    if ([error.domain isEqualToString:TSNetworkManagerDomain] &&
+        error.code == 413) {
+        alertController = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"REGISTRATION_VERIFICATION_FAILED_TITLE",
+                                                                      @"Alert view title")
+                                                              message:error.localizedRecoverySuggestion
+                                                       preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
+    } else {
+        alertController = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"REGISTRATION_VERIFICATION_FAILED_TITLE",
+                                                                                        @"Alert view title")
+                                                              message:error.localizedDescription
+                                                       preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
+    }
     UIAlertAction *dismissAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"DISMISS_BUTTON_TEXT", nil)
                                                             style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                           handler:^(UIAlertAction *action) {
diff --git a/Signal/translations/en.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Signal/translations/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
index 7556810f4..2c13c6b34 100644
--- a/Signal/translations/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
+++ b/Signal/translations/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
 "REGISTER_FAILED_TRY_AGAIN" = "Try again";
 
 /* No comment provided by engineer. */
-"REGISTER_RATE_LIMITING_BODY" = "The server is currently rate-limiting signups, please try again later.";
+"REGISTER_RATE_LIMITING_BODY" = "You have tried too often. Please wait a minute before trying again.";
 
 /* No comment provided by engineer. */
 "REGISTERED_NUMBER_TEXT" = "Registered Number";