diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/execute.py b/api/src/opentrons/execute.py
index 605b0caedcd..21242be00c4 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/execute.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/execute.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def execute(  # noqa: C901
           In older software versions, ``payload["text"]`` was a
           `format string <https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
           To get human-readable text, you had to do ``payload["text"].format(**payload)``.
-          That usage is deprecated now. If ``payload["text"]`` happens to contain any
+          Don't do that anymore. If ``payload["text"]`` happens to contain any
           ``{`` or ``}`` characters, it can confuse ``.format()`` and cause it to raise a
           ``KeyError``.
 
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/simulate.py b/api/src/opentrons/simulate.py
index 9560eee2bcb..3c74d088994 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/simulate.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/simulate.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ def simulate(
             In older software versions, ``payload["text"]`` was a
             `format string <https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
             To get human-readable text, you had to do ``payload["text"].format(**payload)``.
-            That usage is deprecated now. If ``payload["text"]`` happens to contain any
+            Don't do that anymore. If ``payload["text"]`` happens to contain any
             ``{`` or ``}`` characters, it can confuse ``.format()`` and cause it to raise a
             ``KeyError``.