diff --git a/piptools/scripts/compile.py b/piptools/scripts/compile.py
index 9e327e888..e87b5c406 100755
--- a/piptools/scripts/compile.py
+++ b/piptools/scripts/compile.py
@@ -383,9 +383,10 @@ def cli(
 
     if resolver_name == "legacy":
         log.warning(
-            "WARNING: using legacy resolver is deprecated and will be removed in "
-            "future versions. The default resolver will be change to 'backtracking' "
-            "in 7.0.0 version. Specify --resolver=backtracking to silence this warning."
+            "WARNING: the legacy dependency resolver is deprecated and will be removed"
+            " in future versions of pip-tools. The default resolver will be changed to"
+            " 'backtracking' in pip-tools 7.0.0. Specify --resolver=backtracking to"
+            " silence this warning."
         )
 
     ###
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_compile.py b/tests/test_cli_compile.py
index b170ce814..00211f022 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_compile.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_compile.py
@@ -2736,7 +2736,7 @@ def test_print_deprecation_warning_if_using_legacy_resolver(runner, current_reso
     out = runner.invoke(cli)
     assert out.exit_code == 0, out
 
-    expected_warning = "WARNING: using legacy resolver is deprecated"
+    expected_warning = "WARNING: the legacy dependency resolver is deprecated"
     if current_resolver == "legacy":
         assert expected_warning in out.stderr
     else: