diff --git a/src/_pytest/recwarn.py b/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
index 175b571a8..157e72275 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Record warnings during test function execution."""
 import re
 import warnings
+from pprint import pformat
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Callable
@@ -142,10 +143,11 @@ def warns(
     __tracebackhide__ = True
     if not args:
         if kwargs:
-            msg = "Unexpected keyword arguments passed to pytest.warns: "
-            msg += ", ".join(sorted(kwargs))
-            msg += "\nUse context-manager form instead?"
-            raise TypeError(msg)
+            argnames = ", ".join(sorted(kwargs))
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Unexpected keyword arguments passed to pytest.warns: {argnames}"
+                "\nUse context-manager form instead?"
+            )
         return WarningsChecker(expected_warning, match_expr=match, _ispytest=True)
     else:
         func = args[0]
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ class WarningsRecorder(warnings.catch_warnings):
             if issubclass(w.category, cls):
                 return self._list.pop(i)
         __tracebackhide__ = True
-        raise AssertionError("%r not found in warning list" % cls)
+        raise AssertionError(f"{cls!r} not found in warning list")
 
     def clear(self) -> None:
         """Clear the list of recorded warnings."""
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ class WarningsRecorder(warnings.catch_warnings):
     def __enter__(self) -> "WarningsRecorder":  # type: ignore
         if self._entered:
             __tracebackhide__ = True
-            raise RuntimeError("Cannot enter %r twice" % self)
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Cannot enter {self!r} twice")
         _list = super().__enter__()
         # record=True means it's None.
         assert _list is not None
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ class WarningsRecorder(warnings.catch_warnings):
     ) -> None:
         if not self._entered:
             __tracebackhide__ = True
-            raise RuntimeError("Cannot exit %r without entering first" % self)
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Cannot exit {self!r} without entering first")
 
         super().__exit__(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)
 
@@ -268,16 +270,17 @@ class WarningsChecker(WarningsRecorder):
 
         __tracebackhide__ = True
 
+        def found_str():
+            return pformat([record.message for record in self], indent=2)
+
         # only check if we're not currently handling an exception
         if exc_type is None and exc_val is None and exc_tb is None:
             if self.expected_warning is not None:
                 if not any(issubclass(r.category, self.expected_warning) for r in self):
                     __tracebackhide__ = True
                     fail(
-                        "DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {} were emitted. "
-                        "The list of emitted warnings is: {}.".format(
-                            self.expected_warning, [each.message for each in self]
-                        )
+                        f"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {self.expected_warning} were emitted.\n"
+                        f"The list of emitted warnings is: {found_str()}."
                     )
                 elif self.match_expr is not None:
                     for r in self:
@@ -286,11 +289,8 @@ class WarningsChecker(WarningsRecorder):
                                 break
                     else:
                         fail(
-                            "DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {} matching"
-                            " ('{}') were emitted. The list of emitted warnings"
-                            " is: {}.".format(
-                                self.expected_warning,
-                                self.match_expr,
-                                [each.message for each in self],
-                            )
+                            f"""\
+DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {self.expected_warning} matching the regex were emitted.
+The regex is: {self.match_expr}
+The list of emitted warnings is: {found_str()}"""
                         )
diff --git a/testing/test_recwarn.py b/testing/test_recwarn.py
index c5a8ae90f..7e0f836a6 100644
--- a/testing/test_recwarn.py
+++ b/testing/test_recwarn.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import re
 import warnings
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ class TestWarns:
             with pytest.warns(RuntimeWarning):
                 warnings.warn("user", UserWarning)
         excinfo.match(
-            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+RuntimeWarning.+,\) were emitted. "
+            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+RuntimeWarning.+,\) were emitted.\n"
             r"The list of emitted warnings is: \[UserWarning\('user',?\)\]."
         )
 
@@ -271,15 +270,15 @@ class TestWarns:
             with pytest.warns(UserWarning):
                 warnings.warn("runtime", RuntimeWarning)
         excinfo.match(
-            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+UserWarning.+,\) were emitted. "
-            r"The list of emitted warnings is: \[RuntimeWarning\('runtime',?\)\]."
+            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+UserWarning.+,\) were emitted.\n"
+            r"The list of emitted warnings is: \[RuntimeWarning\('runtime',?\)]."
         )
 
         with pytest.raises(pytest.fail.Exception) as excinfo:
             with pytest.warns(UserWarning):
                 pass
         excinfo.match(
-            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+UserWarning.+,\) were emitted. "
+            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+UserWarning.+,\) were emitted.\n"
             r"The list of emitted warnings is: \[\]."
         )
 
@@ -289,18 +288,14 @@ class TestWarns:
                 warnings.warn("runtime", RuntimeWarning)
                 warnings.warn("import", ImportWarning)
 
-        message_template = (
-            "DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {0} were emitted. "
-            "The list of emitted warnings is: {1}."
-        )
-        excinfo.match(
-            re.escape(
-                message_template.format(
-                    warning_classes, [each.message for each in warninfo]
-                )
-            )
+        messages = [each.message for each in warninfo]
+        expected_str = (
+            f"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {warning_classes} were emitted.\n"
+            f"The list of emitted warnings is: {messages}."
         )
 
+        assert str(excinfo.value) == expected_str
+
     def test_record(self) -> None:
         with pytest.warns(UserWarning) as record:
             warnings.warn("user", UserWarning)