diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f345144..a6cb994 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 5.16.1
+
+### Changes
+
+- Simplify the warning emitted for `pct`/`rf`/`ri` to just "Support for
+  the {tag} tag was removed in RFC 9989".
+
 ## 5.16.0
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/checkdmarc/_constants.py b/checkdmarc/_constants.py
index 3500d47..2fc2d62 100644
--- a/checkdmarc/_constants.py
+++ b/checkdmarc/_constants.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License."""
 
-__version__ = "5.16.0"
+__version__ = "5.16.1"
 
 OS = platform.system()
 OS_RELEASE = platform.release()
diff --git a/checkdmarc/dmarc.py b/checkdmarc/dmarc.py
index 31207b5..13d18c2 100644
--- a/checkdmarc/dmarc.py
+++ b/checkdmarc/dmarc.py
@@ -1279,11 +1279,7 @@ def parse_dmarc_record(
                 f"Duplicate {duplicate_tags_str} tags are not permitted"
             )
         if tag in removed_tags:
-            warnings.append(
-                f"Support for the {tag} tag was removed in RFC 9989; "
-                "the value is preserved for older DMARC readers but is "
-                "not validated."
-            )
+            warnings.append(f"Support for the {tag} tag was removed in RFC 9989")
             continue
         value = pair[1].lower().strip()
         tags[tag] = {"value": value, "explicit": True}