diff --git a/internal/update/update.go b/internal/update/update.go
index 1afabaf21..a4a15ea17 100644
--- a/internal/update/update.go
+++ b/internal/update/update.go
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ type StateEntry struct {
 	LatestRelease      ReleaseInfo `yaml:"latest_release"`
 }
 
-// ShouldCheckForUpdate decides whether we check for updates for the GitHub CLI and/or GitHub CLI extensions based on user preferences and current execution context.
-func ShouldCheckForUpdate() bool {
-	if os.Getenv("GH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER") != "" {
+// ShouldCheckForExtensionUpdate decides whether we check for updates for GitHub CLI extensions based on user preferences and current execution context.
+// During cli/cli#9934, this logic was split out from ShouldCheckForUpdate() because we envisioned it going in a different direction.
+func ShouldCheckForExtensionUpdate() bool {
+	if os.Getenv("GH_NO_EXTENSION_UPDATE_NOTIFIER") != "" {
 		return false
 	}
 	if os.Getenv("CODESPACES") != "" {
@@ -74,6 +75,17 @@ func CheckForExtensionUpdate(em extensions.ExtensionManager, ext extensions.Exte
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+// ShouldCheckForUpdate decides whether we check for updates for the GitHub CLI based on user preferences and current execution context.
+func ShouldCheckForUpdate() bool {
+	if os.Getenv("GH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER") != "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if os.Getenv("CODESPACES") != "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !IsCI() && IsTerminal(os.Stdout) && IsTerminal(os.Stderr)
+}
+
 // CheckForUpdate checks whether an update exists for the GitHub CLI based on recency of last check within past 24 hours.
 func CheckForUpdate(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, stateFilePath, repo, currentVersion string) (*ReleaseInfo, error) {
 	stateEntry, _ := getStateEntry(stateFilePath)
diff --git a/internal/update/update_test.go b/internal/update/update_test.go
index ebddee810..089e36f68 100644
--- a/internal/update/update_test.go
+++ b/internal/update/update_test.go
@@ -425,6 +425,63 @@ func TestShouldCheckForUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestShouldCheckForExtensionUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		env      map[string]string
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "should not check when user has explicitly disable notifications",
+			env: map[string]string{
+				"GH_NO_EXTENSION_UPDATE_NOTIFIER": "1",
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not check when user is in codespace",
+			env: map[string]string{
+				"CODESPACES": "1",
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not check when in GitHub Actions / Travis / Circle / Cirrus / GitLab / AppVeyor / CodeShip / dsari",
+			env: map[string]string{
+				"CI": "1",
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not check when in Jenkins / TeamCity",
+			env: map[string]string{
+				"BUILD_NUMBER": "1",
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not check when in TaskCluster / dsari",
+			env: map[string]string{
+				"RUN_ID": "1",
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		// TODO: Figure out how to refactor IsTerminal() to be testable
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			os.Clearenv()
+			for k, v := range tt.env {
+				os.Setenv(k, v)
+			}
+
+			actual := ShouldCheckForExtensionUpdate()
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func tempFilePath() string {
 	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/root/extension.go b/pkg/cmd/root/extension.go
index b9cb3dfff..7f2325e18 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/root/extension.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/root/extension.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func NewCmdExtension(io *iostreams.IOStreams, em extensions.ExtensionManager, ex
 }
 
 func checkForExtensionUpdate(em extensions.ExtensionManager, ext extensions.Extension) (*update.ReleaseInfo, error) {
-	if !update.ShouldCheckForUpdate() {
+	if !update.ShouldCheckForExtensionUpdate() {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/root/help_topic.go b/pkg/cmd/root/help_topic.go
index 7cca4cb7a..4359e4212 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/root/help_topic.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/root/help_topic.go
@@ -86,8 +86,12 @@ var HelpTopics = []helpTopic{
 			available in the viewport. When the value is a percentage, it will be applied against
 			the number of columns available in the current viewport.
 
-			%[1]sGH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER%[1]s: set to any value to disable update notifications. By default, gh
-			checks for new releases once every 24 hours and displays an upgrade notice on standard
+			%[1]sGH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER%[1]s: set to any value to disable GitHub CLI update notifications.
+			By default, gh checks for new releases once every 24 hours and displays an upgrade notice on standard
+			error if a newer version was found.
+
+			%[1]sGH_NO_EXTENSION_UPDATE_NOTIFIER%[1]s: set to any value to disable GitHub CLI extension update notifications.
+			By default, gh checks for new releases once every 24 hours and displays an upgrade notice on standard
 			error if a newer version was found.
 
 			%[1]sGH_CONFIG_DIR%[1]s: the directory where gh will store configuration files. If not specified,