diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Setting.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Setting.java
index f85894790a867..bd275fde54c99 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Setting.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Setting.java
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ protected void checkDeprecation(Settings settings) {
         if (this.isDeprecated() && this.exists(settings)) {
             // It would be convenient to show its replacement key, but replacement is often not so simple
             final DeprecationLogger deprecationLogger = new DeprecationLogger(Loggers.getLogger(getClass()));
-            deprecationLogger.deprecated("[{}] setting was deprecated in Elasticsearch and it will be removed in a future release! " +
-                "See the breaking changes lists in the documentation for details", getKey());
+            deprecationLogger.deprecated("[{}] setting was deprecated in Elasticsearch and will be removed in a future release! " +
+                "See the breaking changes documentation for the next major version.", getKey());
         }
     }