diff --git a/library/core/src/ffi/c_str.rs b/library/core/src/ffi/c_str.rs
index 881a7a24083c8..c43f3834630f0 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ffi/c_str.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ffi/c_str.rs
@@ -135,16 +135,20 @@ pub enum FromBytesWithNulError {
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "frombyteswithnulerror_impls", since = "1.17.0")]
-impl Error for FromBytesWithNulError {
-    #[allow(deprecated)]
-    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+impl fmt::Display for FromBytesWithNulError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
-            Self::InteriorNul { .. } => "data provided contains an interior nul byte",
-            Self::NotNulTerminated => "data provided is not nul terminated",
+            Self::InteriorNul { position } => {
+                write!(f, "data provided contains an interior nul byte at byte position {position}")
+            }
+            Self::NotNulTerminated => write!(f, "data provided is not nul terminated"),
         }
     }
 }
 
+#[stable(feature = "frombyteswithnulerror_impls", since = "1.17.0")]
+impl Error for FromBytesWithNulError {}
+
 /// An error indicating that no nul byte was present.
 ///
 /// A slice used to create a [`CStr`] must contain a nul byte somewhere
@@ -181,18 +185,6 @@ impl Default for &CStr {
     }
 }
 
-#[stable(feature = "frombyteswithnulerror_impls", since = "1.17.0")]
-impl fmt::Display for FromBytesWithNulError {
-    #[allow(deprecated, deprecated_in_future)]
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        f.write_str(self.description())?;
-        if let Self::InteriorNul { position } = self {
-            write!(f, " at byte pos {position}")?;
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 impl CStr {
     /// Wraps a raw C string with a safe C string wrapper.
     ///