diff --git a/lib/bundler/cli.rb b/lib/bundler/cli.rb
index 2938f30e97e62f..942f2984d4934c 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/cli.rb
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ def flag_deprecation(name, flag_name, option)
       Bundler::SharedHelpers.major_deprecation 2,
         "The `#{flag_name}` flag is deprecated because it relies on being " \
         "remembered across bundler invocations, which bundler will no longer " \
-        "do in future versions. Instead please use `bundle config set --local #{name.tr("-", "_")} " \
+        "do in future versions. Instead please use `bundle config set #{name.tr("-", "_")} " \
         "'#{value}'`, and stop using this flag"
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/bundler/other/major_deprecation_spec.rb b/spec/bundler/other/major_deprecation_spec.rb
index baec67ec340def..f6d532529942d8 100644
--- a/spec/bundler/other/major_deprecation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bundler/other/major_deprecation_spec.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       expect(deprecations).to include(
         "The `--path` flag is deprecated because it relies on being " \
         "remembered across bundler invocations, which bundler will no " \
-        "longer do in future versions. Instead please use `bundle config set --local " \
+        "longer do in future versions. Instead please use `bundle config set " \
         "path 'vendor/bundle'`, and stop using this flag"
       )
     end
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
       expect(deprecations).to include(
         "The `--path` flag is deprecated because it relies on being " \
         "remembered across bundler invocations, which bundler will no " \
-        "longer do in future versions. Instead please use `bundle config set --local " \
+        "longer do in future versions. Instead please use `bundle config set " \
         "path 'vendor/bundle'`, and stop using this flag"
       )
     end
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
             "The `#{flag_name}` flag is deprecated because it relies on " \
             "being remembered across bundler invocations, which bundler " \
             "will no longer do in future versions. Instead please use " \
-            "`bundle config set --local #{option_name} '#{value}'`, and stop using this flag"
+            "`bundle config set #{option_name} '#{value}'`, and stop using this flag"
           )
         end