@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Models must support **tool calling** (also called function calling) and **stream
 ## Configuring your provider
 
 You configure your model provider by setting environment variables before starting {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cli_short %}.
+
 | Environment variable | Required | Description |
 |---|---|---|
 | `COPILOT_PROVIDER_BASE_URL` | Yes | The base URL of your model provider's API endpoint. |
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ You configure your model provider by setting environment variables before starti
 | `COPILOT_PROVIDER_BEARER_TOKEN` | No | Bearer token used for provider authentication when API-key authentication is not used. |
 | `COPILOT_PROVIDER_WIRE_API` | No | Specifies the API protocol used when communicating with the provider. |
 | `COPILOT_PROVIDER_AZURE_API_VERSION` | Azure only | The Azure OpenAI API version used for requests. |
-| `COPILOT_PROVIDER_MODEL_ID` | Azure only | The Azure OpenAI deployment name used to route requests. |
-| `COPILOT_PROVIDER_WIRE_MODEL` | Azure only | The underlying model name associated with the deployment. |
+| `COPILOT_PROVIDER_MODEL_ID` | No | The well-known model name used to identify model capabilities and token limits. |
+| `COPILOT_PROVIDER_WIRE_MODEL` | No | The model name sent to the provider API for inference. For Azure OpenAI, use the deployment name. |
 | `COPILOT_PROVIDER_MAX_PROMPT_TOKENS` | No | Maximum number of prompt tokens allowed in a request. |
 | `COPILOT_PROVIDER_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS` | No | Maximum number of tokens generated in a response. |
 | `COPILOT_MODEL` | Yes | The model identifier to use. You can also set this with the `--model` command-line flag. |
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ Use the following steps if you are connecting to OpenAI, Ollama, vLLM, Foundry L
    export COPILOT_PROVIDER_TYPE=azure
    export COPILOT_PROVIDER_API_KEY=YOUR-AZURE-API-KEY
    export COPILOT_PROVIDER_AZURE_API_VERSION=YOUR-AZURE-API-VERSION
-   export COPILOT_PROVIDER_MODEL_ID=YOUR-DEPLOYMENT-NAME
-   export COPILOT_PROVIDER_WIRE_MODEL=YOUR-MODEL-NAME
+   export COPILOT_PROVIDER_MODEL_ID=YOUR-MODEL-NAME
+   export COPILOT_PROVIDER_WIRE_MODEL=YOUR-DEPLOYMENT-NAME
    export COPILOT_MODEL=YOUR-DEPLOYMENT-NAME
    ```
 
@@ -103,12 +104,13 @@ Use the following steps if you are connecting to OpenAI, Ollama, vLLM, Foundry L
     * `YOUR-MODEL-NAME`: the underlying model associated with the deployment (for example, `gpt-4o`)
     * `YOUR-AZURE-API-VERSION`: the Azure OpenAI API version
     * `YOUR-AZURE-API-KEY`: your Azure OpenAI API key
+
 ### Azure-specific environment variables
 
 | Variable | Description |
 |---|---|
-| `COPILOT_PROVIDER_MODEL_ID` | The Azure OpenAI deployment name. Azure OpenAI routes requests through deployments rather than directly through model names. |
-| `COPILOT_PROVIDER_WIRE_MODEL` | The underlying model name associated with the deployment. This allows {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cli_short %} to identify model capabilities while Azure routes requests through the deployment specified by `COPILOT_PROVIDER_MODEL_ID`. |
+| `COPILOT_PROVIDER_MODEL_ID` | The well-known model name. {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cli_short %} uses this value to identify model capabilities and token limits. |
+| `COPILOT_PROVIDER_WIRE_MODEL` | The Azure OpenAI deployment name. Azure OpenAI routes requests through deployments rather than directly through model names. |
 
 {% data reusables.copilot.copilot-cli.start-cli %}
 
@@ -143,4 +145,3 @@ You can run {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cli_short %} in offline mode to pr
    ```
 
 1. {% data reusables.copilot.copilot-cli.start-cli %}
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