diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 95552f9..97e1168 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -135,15 +135,9 @@ e.g. `%q` becomes `q`. Use `%%` to get a literal `%` sign.
      of UTC and a minus sign for those west of UTC, hours and minutes follow each
      padded to 2 digits and with no delimiter between them
 
-For more detail see `man 3 strftime` as the format specifiers should behave
-identically. If behaviour differs please [file a bug](https://github.com/samsonjs/strftime/issues/new).
+For more detail see `man 3 strftime` as the format specifiers should behave identically. If behaviour differs please [file a bug](https://github.com/samsonjs/strftime/issues/new).
 
-Any specifier can be modified with `-`, `_`, `0`, or `:` as well, as in Ruby.
-Using `%-` will omit any leading zeroes or spaces, `%_` will force spaces
-for padding instead of the default, and `%0` will force zeroes for padding.
-There's some redundancy here as `%-d` and `%e` have the same result, but it
-solves some awkwardness with formats like `%l`. Using `%:` for time zone offset,
-as in `%:z` will insert a colon as a delimiter.
+Any specifier can be modified with `-`, `_`, `0`, or `:` as well, as in Ruby. Using `%-` will omit any leading zeroes or spaces, `%_` will force spaces for padding instead of the default, and `%0` will force zeroes for padding. There's some redundancy here as `%-d` and `%e` have the same result, but it solves some awkwardness with formats like `%l`. Using `%:` for time zone offset, as in `%:z` will insert a colon as a delimiter.
 
 Contributors
 ============
diff --git a/strftime.js b/strftime.js
index 184f1d8..21b181a 100644
--- a/strftime.js
+++ b/strftime.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             d = undefined;
         }
         if (locale) {
-            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + "(format, [date], [locale])`", _require + ".localize(locale)(format, [date])");
+            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + "(format, [date], [locale])`", "var s = " + _require + ".localize(locale); s(format, [date])");
         }
         var strftime = locale ? defaultStrftime.localize(locale) : defaultStrftime;
         return strftime(fmt, d);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     adaptForwards(deprecatedStrftime);
     function deprecatedStrftime(fmt, d, locale) {
         if (locale) {
-            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftime(format, [date], [locale])`", _require + ".localize(locale)(format, [date])");
+            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftime(format, [date], [locale])`", "var s = " + _require + ".localize(locale); s(format, [date])");
         }
         else {
             deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftime(format, [date])`", _require + "(format, [date])");
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@
         }
 
         if (locale) {
-            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftimeTZ(format, date, locale, tz)`", _require + ".timezone(tz).localize(locale)(format, [date])");
+            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftimeTZ(format, date, locale, tz)`", "var s = " + _require + ".localize(locale).timezone(tz); s(format, [date])` or `var s = " + _require + ".localize(locale); s.timezone(tz)(format, [date])");
         }
         else {
-            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftimeTZ(format, date, tz)`", _require + ".timezone(tz)(format, [date])");
+            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftimeTZ(format, date, tz)`", "var s = " + _require + ".timezone(tz); s(format, [date])` or `" + _require + ".timezone(tz)(format, [date])");
         }
 
         var strftime = (locale ? defaultStrftime.localize(locale) : defaultStrftime).timezone(timezone);
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@
     var utcStrftime = defaultStrftime.utc();
     function deprecatedStrftimeUTC(fmt, d, locale) {
         if (locale) {
-            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftimeUTC(format, date, locale)`", _require + ".localize(locale).utc()(format, [date])");
+            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftimeUTC(format, date, locale)`", "var s = " + _require + ".localize(locale).utc(); s(format, [date])");
         }
         else {
-            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftimeUTC(format, [date])`", _require + ".utc()(format, [date])");
+            deprecationWarning("`" + _require + ".strftimeUTC(format, [date])`", "var s = " + _require + ".utc(); s(format, [date])");
         }
         var strftime = locale ? utcStrftime.localize(locale) : utcStrftime;
         return strftime(fmt, d);