diff --git a/src/pages/500.tsx b/src/pages/500.tsx
index 728e7266..af2f0135 100644
--- a/src/pages/500.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/500.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import PageContainer from '../components/PageContainer';
 
 import { pages } from '../util/constants';
 
-export default ({ reqId }: { reqId: string }) => (
+export default ({ reqId, isTimeout }: { reqId: string; isTimeout?: boolean }) => (
     <>
         <PageContainer>
             <div style={{ textAlign: 'center', marginBottom: '2rem' }}>
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ export default ({ reqId }: { reqId: string }) => (
 
                 <p>Oops, the package failed to install.</p>
                 <p style={{ maxWidth: '500px' }}>
-                    This can happen when there is no prebuilt binary for node@
-                    {process.versions.node} or the install script requires CLIs like
-                    python/curl/etc.
+                    {isTimeout ? (
+                        'This can happen when the package took too long to install and the request timed out.'
+                    ) : (
+                        <>
+                            This can happen when there is no prebuilt binary for node@
+                            {process.versions.node} or the install script requires CLIs like
+                            python/curl/etc.
+                        </>
+                    )}
                 </p>
                 <p>
                     <a href={pages.index}>Go Home</a>
diff --git a/src/pages/_document.tsx b/src/pages/_document.tsx
index 1d7e64eb..d4d2f87a 100644
--- a/src/pages/_document.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/_document.tsx
@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@ async function routePage(
         if (err instanceof NotFoundError) {
             return <NotFound resource={err.resource} />;
         }
+        const isTimeout =
+            err instanceof Error && 'code' in err && (err as any).code === 'ABORT_ERR';
         console.error('Unexpected Error Occurred...', err);
-        return <ServerError reqId={reqId} />;
+        return <ServerError reqId={reqId} isTimeout={isTimeout} />;
     }
 }