diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
index 2631ec8b..22d7b96a 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
@@ -4261,8 +4261,8 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Deprecator = function(j$) {
   }
 
   var verboseNote =
-    'Note: This message will be shown only once. ' +
-    'Set config.verboseDeprecations to true to see every occurrence.';
+    'Note: This message will be shown only once. Set the verboseDeprecations ' +
+    'config property to true to see every occurrence.';
 
   Deprecator.prototype.verboseDeprecations = function(enabled) {
     this.verbose_ = enabled;
diff --git a/spec/core/DeprecatorSpec.js b/spec/core/DeprecatorSpec.js
index 8e4bbe75..bfd1761c 100644
--- a/spec/core/DeprecatorSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/DeprecatorSpec.js
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ describe('Deprecator', function() {
 
     function verboseDeprecationsNote() {
       return (
-        'Note: This message will be shown only once. Set ' +
-        'config.verboseDeprecations to true to see every occurrence.'
+        'Note: This message will be shown only once. Set the ' +
+        'verboseDeprecations config property to true to see every occurrence.'
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/spec/core/integration/EnvSpec.js b/spec/core/integration/EnvSpec.js
index 556dc029..94fd98ba 100644
--- a/spec/core/integration/EnvSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/integration/EnvSpec.js
@@ -645,8 +645,9 @@ describe('Env integration', function() {
       "An asynchronous reporter callback called its 'done' callback more " +
       'than once. This is a bug in the reporter callback in question. This ' +
       'will be treated as an error in a future version.\nNote: This message ' +
-      'will be shown only once. Set config.verboseDeprecations to true to ' +
-      'see every occurrence.';
+      'will be shown only once. Set the verboseDeprecations config property ' +
+      'to true to see every occurrence.';
+
     var reporter = jasmine.createSpyObj('fakeReport', ['jasmineDone']);
     reporter.specDone = function(result, done) {
       done();
diff --git a/src/core/Deprecator.js b/src/core/Deprecator.js
index 3e63c9d3..00dcf15a 100644
--- a/src/core/Deprecator.js
+++ b/src/core/Deprecator.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Deprecator = function(j$) {
   }
 
   var verboseNote =
-    'Note: This message will be shown only once. ' +
-    'Set config.verboseDeprecations to true to see every occurrence.';
+    'Note: This message will be shown only once. Set the verboseDeprecations ' +
+    'config property to true to see every occurrence.';
 
   Deprecator.prototype.verboseDeprecations = function(enabled) {
     this.verbose_ = enabled;