diff --git a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
index db2d339fc36db4..d0889b99dfcd87 100644
--- a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
@@ -5138,7 +5138,7 @@ datetime_utcnow(PyObject *cls, PyObject *dummy)
     if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
         "datetime.utcnow() is deprecated and scheduled for removal in a "
         "future version. Use timezone-aware objects to represent datetimes "
-        "in UTC: datetime.now(datetime.UTC).", 1))
+        "in UTC: datetime.now(timezone.utc).", 1))
     {
         return NULL;
     }