diff --git a/wpilibNewCommands/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj2/command/ProxyCommand.java b/wpilibNewCommands/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj2/command/ProxyCommand.java
index 7225dee1a97..d3235c9e194 100644
--- a/wpilibNewCommands/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj2/command/ProxyCommand.java
+++ b/wpilibNewCommands/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj2/command/ProxyCommand.java
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ public class ProxyCommand extends Command {
    * @deprecated This constructor's similarity to {@link DeferredCommand} is confusing and opens
    *     potential footguns for users who do not fully understand the semantics and implications of
    *     proxying, but who simply want runtime construction. Users who do know what they are doing
-   *     and need a supplier-constructed proxied command should instead proxy a DeferredCommand
-   *     using the <code>asProxy</code> decorator.
+   *     and need a supplier-constructed proxied command should instead defer a proxy command.
    * @see DeferredCommand
    */
   @Deprecated(since = "2025", forRemoval = true)
diff --git a/wpilibNewCommands/src/main/native/include/frc2/command/ProxyCommand.h b/wpilibNewCommands/src/main/native/include/frc2/command/ProxyCommand.h
index 714427d1045..241e8700a95 100644
--- a/wpilibNewCommands/src/main/native/include/frc2/command/ProxyCommand.h
+++ b/wpilibNewCommands/src/main/native/include/frc2/command/ProxyCommand.h
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ class ProxyCommand : public CommandHelper<Command, ProxyCommand> {
    * confusing and opens potential footguns for users who do not fully
    * understand the semantics and implications of proxying, but who simply want
    * runtime construction. Users who do know what they are doing and need a
-   * supplier-constructed proxied command should instead proxy a DeferredCommand
-   *     using the <code>AsProxy</code> decorator.
+   * supplier-constructed proxied command should instead use defer command
+   * on a proxied command.
    * @see DeferredCommand
    */
   WPI_IGNORE_DEPRECATED
-  [[deprecated("Proxy a DeferredCommand instead")]]
+  [[deprecated("Defer a proxy command instead.")]]
   explicit ProxyCommand(wpi::unique_function<Command*()> supplier);
 
   /**
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ class ProxyCommand : public CommandHelper<Command, ProxyCommand> {
    * confusing and opens potential footguns for users who do not fully
    * understand the semantics and implications of proxying, but who simply want
    * runtime construction. Users who do know what they are doing and need a
-   * supplier-constructed proxied command should instead proxy a DeferredCommand
-   *     using the <code>AsProxy</code> decorator.
+   * supplier-constructed proxied command should instead use defer command
+   * on a proxied command.
    * @see DeferredCommand
    */
-  [[deprecated("Proxy a DeferredCommand instead")]]
+  [[deprecated("Defer a proxy command instead.")]]
   explicit ProxyCommand(wpi::unique_function<CommandPtr()> supplier);
   WPI_UNIGNORE_DEPRECATED