diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/reset_provider/ResetProviderSection.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/reset_provider/ResetProviderSection.tsx
index 3a457e1f59..cf72e4bbe0 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/reset_provider/ResetProviderSection.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/reset_provider/ResetProviderSection.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,18 @@ const i18n = defineMessages({
     id: 'resetProviderSection.resetButton',
     defaultMessage: 'Reset Provider and Model',
   },
+  resetButtonDistro: {
+    id: 'resetProviderSection.resetButtonDistro',
+    defaultMessage: 'Reset to {distroName} Defaults',
+  },
   resetDescription: {
     id: 'resetProviderSection.resetDescription',
     defaultMessage: "This will clear your selected model and provider settings. If no defaults are available, you'll be taken to the welcome screen to set them up again.",
   },
+  resetDescriptionDistro: {
+    id: 'resetProviderSection.resetDescriptionDistro',
+    defaultMessage: 'This will reset your model and provider settings to the {distroName} defaults.',
+  },
 });
 
 interface ResetProviderSectionProps {
@@ -23,6 +31,10 @@ export default function ResetProviderSection(_props: ResetProviderSectionProps)
   const intl = useIntl();
   const { remove } = useConfig();
 
+  const distroName = window.appConfig.get('DISTRO_NAME') as string | null;
+  const hasDistroDefaults =
+    distroName && window.appConfig.get('GOOSE_DEFAULT_PROVIDER');
+
   const handleResetProvider = async () => {
     try {
       await remove('GOOSE_PROVIDER', false);
@@ -42,10 +54,14 @@ export default function ResetProviderSection(_props: ResetProviderSectionProps)
         className="flex items-center justify-center gap-2"
       >
         <RefreshCw className="h-4 w-4" />
-        {intl.formatMessage(i18n.resetButton)}
+        {hasDistroDefaults
+          ? intl.formatMessage(i18n.resetButtonDistro, { distroName })
+          : intl.formatMessage(i18n.resetButton)}
       </Button>
       <p className="text-xs text-text-secondary mt-2">
-        {intl.formatMessage(i18n.resetDescription)}
+        {hasDistroDefaults
+          ? intl.formatMessage(i18n.resetDescriptionDistro, { distroName })
+          : intl.formatMessage(i18n.resetDescription)}
       </p>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/distro.ts b/ui/desktop/src/distro.ts
index 9081517cba..cd6e892e45 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/distro.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/distro.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
 interface DistroConfig {
+  name?: string;
   env?: Record<string, string>;
   features?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ export function getDistroFeature<T>(key: string, defaultValue: T): T {
   return defaultValue;
 }
 
+export function getDistroName(): string | null {
+  return distroConfig.name || null;
+}
+
 export function getDistroDir(): string | null {
   return distroDir;
 }
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/i18n/messages/en.json b/ui/desktop/src/i18n/messages/en.json
index 7d99889025..e39e11a82b 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/i18n/messages/en.json
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/i18n/messages/en.json
@@ -3251,9 +3251,15 @@
   "resetProviderSection.resetButton": {
     "defaultMessage": "Reset Provider and Model"
   },
+  "resetProviderSection.resetButtonDistro": {
+    "defaultMessage": "Reset to {distroName} Defaults"
+  },
   "resetProviderSection.resetDescription": {
     "defaultMessage": "This will clear your selected model and provider settings. If no defaults are available, you'll be taken to the welcome screen to set them up again."
   },
+  "resetProviderSection.resetDescriptionDistro": {
+    "defaultMessage": "This will reset your model and provider settings to the {distroName} defaults."
+  },
   "responseStyle.conciseDescription": {
     "defaultMessage": "Tool calls are by default closed and only show the tool used"
   },
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
index abaf1e5002..ff4b75d60d 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import {
   setupAutoUpdater,
   updateTrayMenu,
 } from './utils/autoUpdater';
-import { getDistroFeature, getDistroFilePath, getDistroDir } from './distro';
+import { getDistroFeature, getDistroFilePath, getDistroDir, getDistroName } from './distro';
 
 const UPDATES_ENABLED = getDistroFeature('updatesEnabled', true);
 import './utils/recipeHash';
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ let appConfig = {
     'dictationAllowedProviders',
     null
   ),
+  DISTRO_NAME: getDistroName(),
 };
 
 const windowMap = new Map<number, BrowserWindow>();