diff --git a/beets/plugins.py b/beets/plugins.py
index 458c2351c..c9d503c72 100644
--- a/beets/plugins.py
+++ b/beets/plugins.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 import beets
 from beets import logging
 from beets.util import unique_list
-from beets.util.deprecation import deprecate_for_maintainers
+from beets.util.deprecation import deprecate_for_maintainers, deprecate_for_user
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Sequence
@@ -257,14 +257,14 @@ class BeetsPlugin(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         ):
             return
 
-        message = (
-            "'source_weight' configuration option is deprecated and will be"
-            " removed in v3.0.0. Use 'data_source_mismatch_penalty' instead"
-        )
         for source in self.config.root().sources:
             if "source_weight" in (source.get(self.name) or {}):
                 if source.filename:  # user config
-                    self._log.warning(message)
+                    deprecate_for_user(
+                        self._log,
+                        f"'{self.name}.source_weight' configuration option",
+                        f"'{self.name}.data_source_mismatch_penalty'",
+                    )
                 else:  # 3rd-party plugin config
                     deprecate_for_maintainers(
                         "'source_weight' configuration option",
diff --git a/beets/util/deprecation.py b/beets/util/deprecation.py
index 832408060..31f4f5eb2 100644
--- a/beets/util/deprecation.py
+++ b/beets/util/deprecation.py
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
 from importlib import import_module
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from packaging.version import Version
 
 import beets
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from logging import Logger
+
 
 def _format_message(old: str, new: str | None = None) -> str:
     next_major = f"{Version(beets.__version__).major + 1}.0.0"
@@ -18,6 +21,10 @@ def _format_message(old: str, new: str | None = None) -> str:
     return msg
 
 
+def deprecate_for_user(logger: Logger, old: str, new: str) -> None:
+    logger.warning(_format_message(old, new))
+
+
 def deprecate_for_maintainers(
     old: str, new: str | None = None, stacklevel: int = 1
 ) -> None:
diff --git a/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py b/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py
index 2b9d5e9c2..231a045b7 100644
--- a/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py
+++ b/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import beets
 import beets.autotag.hooks
 from beets import config, plugins, util
 from beets.metadata_plugins import MetadataSourcePlugin
+from beets.util.deprecation import deprecate_for_user
 from beets.util.id_extractors import extract_release_id
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -403,9 +404,10 @@ class MusicBrainzPlugin(MetadataSourcePlugin):
             self.config["search_limit"] = self.config["match"][
                 "searchlimit"
             ].get()
-            self._log.warning(
-                "'musicbrainz.searchlimit' option is deprecated and will be "
-                "removed in 3.0.0. Use 'musicbrainz.search_limit' instead."
+            deprecate_for_user(
+                self._log,
+                "'musicbrainz.searchlimit' configuration option",
+                "'musicbrainz.search_limit'",
             )
         hostname = self.config["host"].as_str()
         https = self.config["https"].get(bool)