diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/cli-status.runtime.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/cli-status.runtime.ts
index fefb3bcc195c..0f3ffeb1248f 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/cli-status.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/cli-status.runtime.ts
@@ -552,7 +552,15 @@ export async function runMemoryStatus(
         lines.push(`  ${issue.severity === "error" ? warn(issue.message) : muted(issue.message)}`);
       }
       if (!opts.fix) {
-        lines.push(`  ${muted(`Fix: openclaw memory status --fix --agent ${agentId}`)}`);
+        // Only a subset of audit issues are repaired by `--fix`; a missing qmd
+        // index needs a reindex instead, so each hint is gated on the matching
+        // issue actually being present.
+        if (audit.issues.some((issue) => issue.fixable)) {
+          lines.push(`  ${muted(`Fix: openclaw memory status --fix --agent ${agentId}`)}`);
+        }
+        if (audit.issues.some((issue) => issue.code === "qmd-index-missing")) {
+          lines.push(`  ${muted(`Fix: openclaw memory index --agent ${agentId}`)}`);
+        }
       }
     }
     if (dreamingAudit?.issues.length) {
@@ -562,7 +570,7 @@ export async function runMemoryStatus(
       for (const issue of dreamingAudit.issues) {
         lines.push(`  ${issue.severity === "error" ? warn(issue.message) : muted(issue.message)}`);
       }
-      if (!opts.fix) {
+      if (!opts.fix && dreamingAudit.issues.some((issue) => issue.fixable)) {
         lines.push(`  ${muted(`Fix: openclaw memory status --fix --agent ${agentId}`)}`);
       }
     }
diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/cli.test.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/cli.test.ts
index bb1ec6bd9f22..fb359ec7b6c8 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/cli.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/cli.test.ts
@@ -1450,6 +1450,34 @@ describe("memory cli", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("suggests reindexing instead of --fix when the qmd index is missing", async () => {
+    await withTempWorkspace(async (workspaceDir) => {
+      const close = vi.fn(async () => {});
+      const missingDbPath = path.join(qmdFixtureRoot, `missing-${qmdCaseId++}.sqlite`);
+      mockManager({
+        probeVectorAvailability: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        status: () =>
+          makeMemoryStatus({
+            backend: "qmd",
+            provider: "qmd",
+            model: "qmd",
+            requestedProvider: "qmd",
+            workspaceDir,
+            dbPath: missingDbPath,
+          }),
+        close,
+      });
+
+      const log = spyRuntimeLogs(defaultRuntime);
+      await runMemoryCli(["status"]);
+
+      expectLogged(log, "QMD index file is missing.");
+      expectLogged(log, "Fix: openclaw memory index --agent main");
+      expectNotLogged(log, "Fix: openclaw memory status --fix --agent main");
+      expect(close).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
   it("fails index when qmd db file is empty", async () => {
     const close = vi.fn(async () => {});
     const sync = vi.fn(async () => {});