diff --git a/src/broadcast/index.js b/src/broadcast/index.js
index 18167b5aca29ea8de273211a7f19056698ff4d93..5dc0ebc96625b6a2801d5f82c6871852e4783d6c 100644
--- a/src/broadcast/index.js
+++ b/src/broadcast/index.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ operations.forEach((operation) => {
 });
 
 hiveBroadcast.updateOperations = () => {
-  console.log('Warning: updateOperations() is not necessary anymore')
+  console.log('Warning: call to updateOperations() is deprecated and can safely be removed')
 }
 
 const toString = obj => typeof obj === 'object' ? JSON.stringify(obj) : obj;
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 07f2e3699c21ed2e5c60d3f75d2bcd7b58c3f0d3..86ff2a1d081c3c2e7765b39e87cbf03abd5da1a2 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -120,5 +120,5 @@ export function buildWitnessUpdateOp(
 }
 
 export function autoDetectApiVersion() {
-  console.log('Warning: autoDetectApiVersion() removed - it is not necessary anymore')
+  console.log('Warning: call to autoDetectApiVersion() is deprecated and can safely be removed')
 }