diff --git a/trl/trainer/cpo_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/cpo_trainer.py
index 5ff8ca5885..ccf1fcc5b1 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/cpo_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/cpo_trainer.py
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ class CPOTrainer(Trainer):
 
     _tag_names = ["trl", "cpo"]
 
-    @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.14.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(
+        "tokenizer", "0.14.0", "processing_class", warn_if_greater_or_equal_version=True, raise_if_both_names=True
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         model: Optional[Union[PreTrainedModel, nn.Module, str]] = None,
diff --git a/trl/trainer/dpo_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/dpo_trainer.py
index 4880c231df..1856e1899a 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/dpo_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/dpo_trainer.py
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ class DPOTrainer(Trainer):
 
     _tag_names = ["trl", "dpo"]
 
-    @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.16.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(
+        "tokenizer", "0.16.0", "processing_class", warn_if_greater_or_equal_version=True, raise_if_both_names=True
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         model: Optional[Union[PreTrainedModel, nn.Module, str]] = None,
diff --git a/trl/trainer/kto_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/kto_trainer.py
index 629486674e..303b65e715 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/kto_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/kto_trainer.py
@@ -317,7 +317,9 @@ class KTOTrainer(Trainer):
 
     _tag_names = ["trl", "kto"]
 
-    @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.14.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(
+        "tokenizer", "0.14.0", "processing_class", warn_if_greater_or_equal_version=True, raise_if_both_names=True
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         model: Union[PreTrainedModel, nn.Module, str] = None,
diff --git a/trl/trainer/online_dpo_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/online_dpo_trainer.py
index c615cd6349..7014ba6926 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/online_dpo_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/online_dpo_trainer.py
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ class OnlineDPOTrainer(Trainer):
 
     _tag_names = ["trl", "online-dpo"]
 
-    @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.14.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(
+        "tokenizer", "0.14.0", "processing_class", warn_if_greater_or_equal_version=True, raise_if_both_names=True
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         model: Union[PreTrainedModel, nn.Module],
diff --git a/trl/trainer/orpo_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/orpo_trainer.py
index 45fe7009ff..529baed769 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/orpo_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/orpo_trainer.py
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ class ORPOTrainer(Trainer):
 
     _tag_names = ["trl", "orpo"]
 
-    @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.15.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(
+        "tokenizer", "0.15.0", "processing_class", warn_if_greater_or_equal_version=True, raise_if_both_names=True
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         model: Optional[Union[PreTrainedModel, nn.Module, str]] = None,
diff --git a/trl/trainer/reward_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/reward_trainer.py
index d9281d4e27..5dd7c53efd 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/reward_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/reward_trainer.py
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ def _tokenize(batch: Dict[str, List[Any]], tokenizer: "PreTrainedTokenizerBase")
 class RewardTrainer(Trainer):
     _tag_names = ["trl", "reward-trainer"]
 
-    @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.15.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(
+        "tokenizer", "0.15.0", "processing_class", warn_if_greater_or_equal_version=True, raise_if_both_names=True
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         model: Optional[Union[PreTrainedModel, nn.Module]] = None,
diff --git a/trl/trainer/rloo_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/rloo_trainer.py
index 466874e91c..ea8d4cf713 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/rloo_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/rloo_trainer.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@
 class RLOOTrainer(Trainer):
     _tag_names = ["trl", "rloo"]
 
-    @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.14.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(
+        "tokenizer", "0.14.0", "processing_class", warn_if_greater_or_equal_version=True, raise_if_both_names=True
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: RLOOConfig,
diff --git a/trl/trainer/sft_trainer.py b/trl/trainer/sft_trainer.py
index 1e1a6781bc..56c4ad0991 100644
--- a/trl/trainer/sft_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/trainer/sft_trainer.py
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ class SFTTrainer(Trainer):
 
     _tag_names = ["trl", "sft"]
 
-    @deprecate_kwarg("tokenizer", new_name="processing_class", version="0.16.0", raise_if_both_names=True)
+    @deprecate_kwarg(
+        "tokenizer", "0.16.0", "processing_class", warn_if_greater_or_equal_version=True, raise_if_both_names=True
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         model: Optional[Union[PreTrainedModel, nn.Module, str]] = None,