diff --git a/doc/en/how-to/capture-warnings.rst b/doc/en/how-to/capture-warnings.rst
index ae76b5bce..1a3d1873c 100644
--- a/doc/en/how-to/capture-warnings.rst
+++ b/doc/en/how-to/capture-warnings.rst
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ argument ``match`` to assert that the exception matches a text or regex::
     ...     warnings.warn("this is not here", UserWarning)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    Failed: DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type ...UserWarning... was emitted...
+    Failed: DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type ...UserWarning... were emitted...
 
 You can also call :func:`pytest.warns` on a function or code string:
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/recwarn.py b/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
index 950d853f5..175b571a8 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def warns(
         ...     warnings.warn("this is not here", UserWarning)
         Traceback (most recent call last):
           ...
-        Failed: DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type ...UserWarning... was emitted...
+        Failed: DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type ...UserWarning... were emitted...
 
     """
     __tracebackhide__ = True
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class WarningsChecker(WarningsRecorder):
                 if not any(issubclass(r.category, self.expected_warning) for r in self):
                     __tracebackhide__ = True
                     fail(
-                        "DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {} was emitted. "
+                        "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]
                         )
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class WarningsChecker(WarningsRecorder):
                     else:
                         fail(
                             "DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {} matching"
-                            " ('{}') was emitted. The list of emitted warnings"
+                            " ('{}') were emitted. The list of emitted warnings"
                             " is: {}.".format(
                                 self.expected_warning,
                                 self.match_expr,
diff --git a/testing/test_recwarn.py b/testing/test_recwarn.py
index b82fd9a86..d3f218f16 100644
--- a/testing/test_recwarn.py
+++ b/testing/test_recwarn.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class TestWarns:
             with pytest.warns(RuntimeWarning):
                 warnings.warn("user", UserWarning)
         excinfo.match(
-            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+RuntimeWarning.+,\) was emitted. "
+            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+RuntimeWarning.+,\) were emitted. "
             r"The list of emitted warnings is: \[UserWarning\('user',?\)\]."
         )
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class TestWarns:
             with pytest.warns(UserWarning):
                 warnings.warn("runtime", RuntimeWarning)
         excinfo.match(
-            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+UserWarning.+,\) was emitted. "
+            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+UserWarning.+,\) were emitted. "
             r"The list of emitted warnings is: \[RuntimeWarning\('runtime',?\)\]."
         )
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class TestWarns:
             with pytest.warns(UserWarning):
                 pass
         excinfo.match(
-            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+UserWarning.+,\) was emitted. "
+            r"DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type \(.+UserWarning.+,\) were emitted. "
             r"The list of emitted warnings is: \[\]."
         )
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class TestWarns:
                 warnings.warn("import", ImportWarning)
 
         message_template = (
-            "DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {0} was emitted. "
+            "DID NOT WARN. No warnings of type {0} were emitted. "
             "The list of emitted warnings is: {1}."
         )
         excinfo.match(