diff --git a/git.scmbrc.example b/git.scmbrc.example
index b73d932..c452594 100644
--- a/git.scmbrc.example
+++ b/git.scmbrc.example
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # - Set your preferred prefix for env variable file shortcuts.
 #   (I chose 'e' because it is easy to slide your finger to it from '$'.)
 export git_env_char="e"
-# - Max changes before reverting to 'git status'. git_status_shortcuts() may slow down for lots of changes.
-export gs_max_changes="99"
+# - Max changed files before reverting to 'git status'. git_status_shortcuts() will be slower for lots of changed files.
+export gs_max_changes="150"
 # - When using the git_add_shorcuts() command, automatically invoke 'git rm' to remove deleted files?
 export ga_auto_remove="yes"
 
diff --git a/lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh b/lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh
index f2fbef2..238c186 100644
--- a/lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh
+++ b/lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ git_status_shortcuts() {
   fi
   if [[ -z "$cmd_output" ]]; then
     # Just show regular git status if ruby script returns nothing.
-    git status; return 1
+    git status
+    echo -e "\n\e[33mThere were more than $gs_max_changes changed files. SCM Breeze has fallen back to standard \`git status\` for performance reasons.\e[0m"
+    return 1
   fi
   # Fetch list of files from last line of script output
   files="$(echo "$cmd_output" | \grep '@@filelist@@::' | sed 's%@@filelist@@::%%g')"