diff --git a/bigframes/ml/llm.py b/bigframes/ml/llm.py
index c12da01b54..3920da6c71 100644
--- a/bigframes/ml/llm.py
+++ b/bigframes/ml/llm.py
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@
 _ML_EMBED_TEXT_STATUS = "ml_embed_text_status"
 _ML_GENERATE_EMBEDDING_STATUS = "ml_generate_embedding_status"
 
+_MODEL_NOT_SUPPORTED_WARNING = (
+    "Model name '{model_name}' is not supported. "
+    "We are currently aware of the following models: {known_models}. "
+    "However, model names can change, and the supported models may be outdated. "
+    "You should use this model name only if you are sure that it is supported in BigQuery."
+)
+
 
 @typing_extensions.deprecated(
     "PaLM2TextGenerator is going to be deprecated. Use GeminiTextGenerator(https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigframes/latest/bigframes.ml.llm.GeminiTextGenerator) instead. ",
@@ -154,8 +161,11 @@ def _create_bqml_model(self):
             )
 
         if self.model_name not in _TEXT_GENERATOR_ENDPOINTS:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Model name {self.model_name} is not supported. We only support {', '.join(_TEXT_GENERATOR_ENDPOINTS)}."
+            warnings.warn(
+                _MODEL_NOT_SUPPORTED_WARNING.format(
+                    model_name=self.model_name,
+                    known_models=", ".join(_TEXT_GENERATOR_ENDPOINTS),
+                )
             )
 
         options = {
@@ -484,8 +494,11 @@ def _create_bqml_model(self):
             )
 
         if self.model_name not in _PALM2_EMBEDDING_GENERATOR_ENDPOINTS:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Model name {self.model_name} is not supported. We only support {', '.join(_PALM2_EMBEDDING_GENERATOR_ENDPOINTS)}."
+            warnings.warn(
+                _MODEL_NOT_SUPPORTED_WARNING.format(
+                    model_name=self.model_name,
+                    known_models=", ".join(_PALM2_EMBEDDING_GENERATOR_ENDPOINTS),
+                )
             )
 
         endpoint = (
@@ -644,8 +657,11 @@ def _create_bqml_model(self):
             )
 
         if self.model_name not in _TEXT_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINTS:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Model name {self.model_name} is not supported. We only support {', '.join(_TEXT_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINTS)}."
+            warnings.warn(
+                _MODEL_NOT_SUPPORTED_WARNING.format(
+                    model_name=self.model_name,
+                    known_models=", ".join(_TEXT_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINTS),
+                )
             )
 
         options = {
@@ -801,8 +817,11 @@ def _create_bqml_model(self):
             )
 
         if self.model_name not in _GEMINI_ENDPOINTS:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Model name {self.model_name} is not supported. We only support {', '.join(_GEMINI_ENDPOINTS)}."
+            warnings.warn(
+                _MODEL_NOT_SUPPORTED_WARNING.format(
+                    model_name=self.model_name,
+                    known_models=", ".join(_GEMINI_ENDPOINTS),
+                )
             )
 
         options = {"endpoint": self.model_name}
@@ -1118,8 +1137,11 @@ def _create_bqml_model(self):
             )
 
         if self.model_name not in _CLAUDE_3_ENDPOINTS:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Model name {self.model_name} is not supported. We only support {', '.join(_CLAUDE_3_ENDPOINTS)}."
+            warnings.warn(
+                _MODEL_NOT_SUPPORTED_WARNING.format(
+                    model_name=self.model_name,
+                    known_models=", ".join(_CLAUDE_3_ENDPOINTS),
+                )
             )
 
         options = {