diff --git a/macros/cross_db_utils/deprecated/xdb_deprecation_warning.sql b/macros/cross_db_utils/deprecated/xdb_deprecation_warning.sql
index 2434021d..0aa5cbfa 100644
--- a/macros/cross_db_utils/deprecated/xdb_deprecation_warning.sql
+++ b/macros/cross_db_utils/deprecated/xdb_deprecation_warning.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% macro xdb_deprecation_warning(macro, package, model) %}
-    {%- set error_message = "Warning: the `" ~ macro ~"` macro is now provided in dbt Core. It is no longer available in dbt_utils and backwards compatibility will be removed in a future version of the package. Use `" ~ macro ~ "` (no prefix) instead. The " ~ package ~ "." ~ model ~ " model triggered this warning." -%}
+    {%- set error_message = "Warning: the `" ~ macro ~"` macro is now provided in dbt Core. It is no longer available in dbt_utils and backwards compatibility will be removed in a future version of the package. Use `dbt." ~ macro ~ "` instead. The " ~ package ~ "." ~ model ~ " model triggered this warning." -%}
     {%- do exceptions.warn(error_message) -%}
 {% endmacro %}