diff --git a/src/ft2font_wrapper.cpp b/src/ft2font_wrapper.cpp
index 25b2d173f5e9..0fdb0165b462 100644
--- a/src/ft2font_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/ft2font_wrapper.cpp
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ static PyObject *PyFT2Image_draw_rect(PyFT2Image *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     char const* msg =
         "FT2Image.draw_rect is deprecated since Matplotlib 3.8 and will be removed "
-        "in Matplotlib 3.10 releases later as it is not used in the library. "
-        "If you rely on it, please let us know.";
+        "in Matplotlib 3.10 as it is not used in the library. If you rely on it, "
+        "please let us know.";
     if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning, msg, 1)) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@ const char *PyFT2Font_get_xys__doc__ =
 static PyObject *PyFT2Font_get_xys(PyFT2Font *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     char const* msg =
-        "FT2Font.get_xys is deprecated since Matplotlib 3.8 and will be removed two "
-        "meso releases later as it is not used in the library. If you rely on it, "
+        "FT2Font.get_xys is deprecated since Matplotlib 3.8 and will be removed in "
+        "Matplotlib 3.10 as it is not used in the library. If you rely on it, "
         "please let us know.";
     if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning, msg, 1)) {
         return NULL;