diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index b6b52e2cea5..b2f59a60b72 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ bool AppInitParameterInteraction(const ArgsManager& args)
     }
 
     if (args.IsArgSet("-datacarriersize") || args.IsArgSet("-datacarrier")) {
-        InitWarning(_("Options '-datacarrier' or '-datacarriersize' are set but are marked as deprecated. They will be removed in a future version."));
+        InitWarning(_("Options '-datacarrier' or '-datacarriersize' are set but are marked as deprecated and are expected to be removed in a future version."));
     }
 
     // We no longer limit the orphanage based on number of transactions but keep the option to warn users who still have it in their config.
diff --git a/test/functional/mempool_datacarrier.py b/test/functional/mempool_datacarrier.py
index 629bac208d5..40d3d2b3ab9 100755
--- a/test/functional/mempool_datacarrier.py
+++ b/test/functional/mempool_datacarrier.py
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ class DataCarrierTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         # Clean shutdown boilerplate due to deprecation
         self.expected_stderr = [
             "",  # node 0 has no deprecated options
-            "Warning: Options '-datacarrier' or '-datacarriersize' are set but are marked as deprecated. They will be removed in a future version.",
-            "Warning: Options '-datacarrier' or '-datacarriersize' are set but are marked as deprecated. They will be removed in a future version.",
-            "Warning: Options '-datacarrier' or '-datacarriersize' are set but are marked as deprecated. They will be removed in a future version.",
+            "Warning: Options '-datacarrier' or '-datacarriersize' are set but are marked as deprecated and are expected to be removed in a future version.",
+            "Warning: Options '-datacarrier' or '-datacarriersize' are set but are marked as deprecated and are expected to be removed in a future version.",
+            "Warning: Options '-datacarrier' or '-datacarriersize' are set but are marked as deprecated and are expected to be removed in a future version.",
         ]
 
         for i in range(self.num_nodes):