diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-pin.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-pin.rb
index 97397a7ef5..b8e7a87365 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-pin.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-pin.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Homebrew
   end
 
   def tap_pin
-    odisabled "brew tap-pin user/tap",
-              "fully-scoped user/tap/formula naming"
+    odisabled "the brew tap-pin command",
+              "fully-scoped user/tap/formula naming when installing and in dependency references"
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-unpin.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-unpin.rb
index 07132ec629..2ec6e681a9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-unpin.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-unpin.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Homebrew
   end
 
   def tap_unpin
-    odisabled "brew tap-pin user/tap",
-              "fully-scoped user/tap/formula naming"
+    odisabled "the brew tap-unpin command",
+              "fully-scoped user/tap/formula naming when installing and in dependency references"
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
index 83565d1a49..b01973fab6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ module Formulary
     if possible_pinned_tap_formulae.size == 1
       selected_formula = factory(possible_pinned_tap_formulae.first, spec)
       if core_path(ref).file?
-        odisabled "brew tap-pin user/tap",
-                  "fully-scoped user/tap/formula naming"
+        odisabled "the brew tap-pin command",
+                  "fully-scoped user/tap/formula naming when installing and in dependency references"
       end
       selected_formula
     else