diff --git a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
index ebcd98a0a37776..e07fad9c1017b2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ def test_warn_missed_comma(self):
         def check(test):
             self.check_syntax_warning(test, msg)
 
-        msg=r'is not callable; perhaps you missed a comma\?'
+        msg=r'is not callable; did you miss a comma to separate elements\?'
         check('[(1, 2) (3, 4)]')
         check('[(x, y) (3, 4)]')
         check('[[1, 2] (3, 4)]')
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ def check(test):
         check('[t"{x}" (3, 4)]')
         check('[t"x={x}" (3, 4)]')
 
-        msg=r'is not subscriptable; perhaps you missed a comma\?'
+        msg=r'is not subscriptable; did you miss a comma to separate elements\?'
         check('[{1, 2} [i, j]]')
         check('[{i for i in range(5)} [i, j]]')
         check('[(i for i in range(5)) [i, j]]')
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ def check(test):
         check('[t"{x}" [i, j]]')
         check('[t"x={x}" [i, j]]')
 
-        msg=r'indices must be integers or slices, not tuple; perhaps you missed a comma\?'
+        msg=r'indices must be integers or slices, not tuple; did you miss a comma to separate elements\?'
         check('[(1, 2) [i, j]]')
         check('[(x, y) [i, j]]')
         check('[[1, 2] [i, j]]')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-07-10-37-32.gh-issue-140764.kABu5f.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-07-10-37-32.gh-issue-140764.kABu5f.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0049aa5c83173d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-07-10-37-32.gh-issue-140764.kABu5f.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve the suggestion in syntax warning messages for potentially missing commas when defining containers. The messages now say "did you miss a comma to separate elements?" instead of "perhaps you missed a comma?".
diff --git a/Python/codegen.c b/Python/codegen.c
index 478fbec1cbadd0..32d650911c96e9 100644
--- a/Python/codegen.c
+++ b/Python/codegen.c
@@ -3673,7 +3673,7 @@ check_caller(compiler *c, expr_ty e)
     case Interpolation_kind: {
         location loc = LOC(e);
         return _PyCompile_Warn(c, loc, "'%.200s' object is not callable; "
-                                       "perhaps you missed a comma?",
+                                       "did you miss a comma to separate elements?",
                                        infer_type(e)->tp_name);
     }
     default:
@@ -3704,7 +3704,7 @@ check_subscripter(compiler *c, expr_ty e)
     case Lambda_kind: {
         location loc = LOC(e);
         return _PyCompile_Warn(c, loc, "'%.200s' object is not subscriptable; "
-                                       "perhaps you missed a comma?",
+                                        "did you miss a comma to separate elements?",
                                        infer_type(e)->tp_name);
     }
     default:
@@ -3739,7 +3739,7 @@ check_index(compiler *c, expr_ty e, expr_ty s)
         location loc = LOC(e);
         return _PyCompile_Warn(c, loc, "%.200s indices must be integers "
                                        "or slices, not %.200s; "
-                                       "perhaps you missed a comma?",
+                                       "did you miss a comma to separate elements?",
                                        infer_type(e)->tp_name,
                                        index_type->tp_name);
     }