diff --git a/pandas/json.py b/pandas/json.py
index 0b87aa22394b99..16d6580c879517 100644
--- a/pandas/json.py
+++ b/pandas/json.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 import warnings
 warnings.warn("The pandas.json module is deprecated and will be "
               "removed in a future version. Please import from "
-              "the pandas.io.json instead", FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
+              "pandas.io.json instead", FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
 from pandas._libs.json import dumps, loads
diff --git a/pandas/parser.py b/pandas/parser.py
index c0c3bf3179a2d6..f43a408c943d06 100644
--- a/pandas/parser.py
+++ b/pandas/parser.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 import warnings
 warnings.warn("The pandas.parser module is deprecated and will be "
               "removed in a future version. Please import from "
-              "the pandas.io.parser instead", FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
+              "pandas.io.parser instead", FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
 from pandas._libs.parsers import na_values
 from pandas.io.common import CParserError