diff --git a/pandas/io/html.py b/pandas/io/html.py
index b8cb6679a9562..da149705eb8e7 100644
--- a/pandas/io/html.py
+++ b/pandas/io/html.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def _get_skiprows(skiprows):
     elif skiprows is None:
         return 0
     raise TypeError(
-        "%r is not a valid type for skipping rows" % type(skiprows).__name__
+        f"{repr(% type(skiprows).__name__)} is not a valid type for skipping rows"
     )
 
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _read(obj):
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
             pass
     else:
-        raise TypeError("Cannot read object of type %r" % type(obj).__name__)
+        raise TypeError(f"Cannot read object of type {repr(type(obj).__name__)}")
     return text
 
 
diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers.py b/pandas/io/parsers.py
index 7403e6d254d03..24343d7b28680 100755
--- a/pandas/io/parsers.py
+++ b/pandas/io/parsers.py
@@ -913,8 +913,8 @@ def _get_options_with_defaults(self, engine):
                         pass
                     else:
                         raise ValueError(
-                            "The %r option is not supported with the"
-                            " %r engine" % (argname, engine)
+                            f"The {repr(argname)} option is not supported with the"
+                            f" {repr(engine)} engine"
                         )
             else:
                 value = _deprecated_defaults.get(argname, default)
@@ -3607,8 +3607,8 @@ def __init__(self, f, colspecs, delimiter, comment, skiprows=None, infer_nrows=1
 
         if not isinstance(self.colspecs, (tuple, list)):
             raise TypeError(
-                "column specifications must be a list or tuple, "
-                "input was a %r" % type(colspecs).__name__
+                f"column specifications must be a list or tuple, "
+                f"input was a {repr(type(colspecs).__name__)}"
             )
 
         for colspec in self.colspecs: