diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed864212a..3dd896a07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-> [!WARNING]
-> This is the last version to support `model.LegacyValidation` for
-> `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus`.
-> The next version (v0.59.0) will only support the default `model.UTF8Validation`.
->
-> See also [Change default validation scheme to UTF8Validation](https://github.com/prometheus/common/pull/724)
-> in the prometheus repository.
-
 ### Added
 
 - Add exponential histogram support in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus`. (#6421)
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/config.go b/exporters/prometheus/config.go
index 28d2be2cb..ceb2d63e2 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/config.go
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/config.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type config struct {
 
 var logDeprecatedLegacyScheme = sync.OnceFunc(func() {
 	global.Warn(
-		"prometheus exporter legacy scheme deprecated: support for the legacy NameValidationScheme will be removed in the next release",
+		"prometheus exporter legacy scheme deprecated: support for the legacy NameValidationScheme will be removed in a future release",
 	)
 })