diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 970ffbf1d84b..4e5e930ac9d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - `basicauthextension`: Implement `configauth.ClientAuthenticator` so that the extension can also be used as HTTP client basic authenticator.(#8847)
 - `azuremonitorexporter`, `lokiexporter`, `observiqexporter`: Update timestamp processing logic (#9130)
 - `cumulativetodeltaprocessor`: add new include/exclude configuration options with regex support (#8952)
+- `datadogexporter`: Update deprecation messages to reflect new deprecation plan (#9422)
 - `cmd/mdatagen`: Update generated functions to have simple parse function to handle string parsing consistently and limit code duplication across receivers (#7574)
 - `attributesprocessor`: Support filter by severity (#9132)
 - `processor/transform`: Add transformation of logs (#9368)
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/config/config.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/config/config.go
index 05311097154a..d0164d8026dc 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/config/config.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/config/config.go
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ func (c *Config) Unmarshal(configMap *config.Map) error {
 	// Add warnings about autodetected environment variables.
 	c.warnings = append(c.warnings, warnUseOfEnvVars(configMap, c)...)
 
-	deprecationTemplate := "%q has been deprecated and will be removed in %s. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/%d"
+	deprecationTemplate := "%q has been deprecated and will be removed in %s or later. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/%d"
 	if c.Service != "" {
 		c.warnings = append(c.warnings, fmt.Errorf(deprecationTemplate, "service", "v0.52.0", 8781))
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warn_envvars.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warn_envvars.go
index 6e86f487c0e7..a77acfe30c26 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warn_envvars.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warn_envvars.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func futureDefaultConfig() *Config {
 // explicitly on configuration instead.
 func errUsedEnvVar(settingName, envVarName string) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf(
-		"%q will not default to %q's value starting on v0.50.0. Set %s: ${%s} to remove this warning",
+		"%q will not default to %q's value in a future minor version. Set %s: ${%s} to remove this warning",
 		settingName,
 		envVarName,
 		settingName,
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func warnUseOfEnvVars(configMap *config.Map, cfg *Config) (warnings []error) {
 		warnings = append(warnings, errUsedEnvVar("traces.endpoint", "DD_APM_URL"))
 	}
 	if tagsDiffer(cfg.GetHostTags(), futureCfg.GetHostTags()) {
-		warnings = append(warnings, fmt.Errorf("\"tags\" will not default to \"DD_TAGS\"'s value starting on v0.50.0. Use 'env' configuration source instead to remove this warning"))
+		warnings = append(warnings, fmt.Errorf("\"tags\" will not default to \"DD_TAGS\"'s value in a future minor version. Use 'env' configuration source instead to remove this warning"))
 	}
 
 	if len(warnings) > 0 {
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warning_deprecated.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warning_deprecated.go
index 730e0b50a24a..467b84708c90 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warning_deprecated.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warning_deprecated.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ var removedSettings = []renameError{}
 // Error implements the error interface.
 func (e renameError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"%q has been deprecated in favor of %q and will be removed in %s. See github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/%d",
+		"%q has been deprecated in favor of %q and will be removed in %s or later. See github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/%d",
 		e.oldName,
 		e.newName,
 		e.oldRemovedIn,
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warning_deprecated_test.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warning_deprecated_test.go
index 432a746d7cb7..ebbba632af56 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warning_deprecated_test.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/config/warning_deprecated_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestDeprecationSendMonotonic(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 			expectedMode: CumulativeMonotonicSumModeToDelta,
 			warnings: []string{
-				"\"metrics::send_monotonic_counter\" has been deprecated in favor of \"metrics::sums::cumulative_monotonic_mode\" and will be removed in v0.50.0. See github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/8489",
+				"\"metrics::send_monotonic_counter\" has been deprecated in favor of \"metrics::sums::cumulative_monotonic_mode\" and will be removed in v0.50.0 or later. See github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/8489",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestDeprecationSendMonotonic(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 			expectedMode: CumulativeMonotonicSumModeRawValue,
 			warnings: []string{
-				"\"metrics::send_monotonic_counter\" has been deprecated in favor of \"metrics::sums::cumulative_monotonic_mode\" and will be removed in v0.50.0. See github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/8489",
+				"\"metrics::send_monotonic_counter\" has been deprecated in favor of \"metrics::sums::cumulative_monotonic_mode\" and will be removed in v0.50.0 or later. See github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/8489",
 			},
 		},
 		{