diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 381b44b3a2..5df17c8295 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class FormulaInstaller
     f.active_spec.deprecated_flags.each do |deprecated_option|
       old_flag = deprecated_option.old_flag
       new_flag = deprecated_option.current_flag
-      opoo "#{f.name}: #{old_flag} is deprecated; use #{new_flag} instead!"
+      opoo "#{f.name}: #{old_flag} was deprecated; using #{new_flag} instead!"
     end
 
     oh1 "Installing #{Tty.green}#{f.name}#{Tty.reset}" if show_header?