diff --git a/pkg/plugins/policies/meshfaultinjection/api/v1alpha1/deprecated.go b/pkg/plugins/policies/meshfaultinjection/api/v1alpha1/deprecated.go
index 0da4465152cf..24f59d6d8695 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/policies/meshfaultinjection/api/v1alpha1/deprecated.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/policies/meshfaultinjection/api/v1alpha1/deprecated.go
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
-	"github.com/kumahq/kuma/v2/api/common/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/kumahq/kuma/v2/pkg/plugins/policies/core/jsonpatch/validators"
 	"github.com/kumahq/kuma/v2/pkg/util/pointer"
 )
 
 func (t *MeshFaultInjectionResource) Deprecations() []string {
-	deprecations := validators.TopLevelTargetRefDeprecations(t.Spec.TargetRef)
-	for _, f := range pointer.Deref(t.Spec.From) {
-		if f.GetTargetRef().Kind == v1alpha1.MeshService {
-			deprecations = append(deprecations, "MeshService value for 'from[].targetRef.kind' is deprecated, use MeshSubset with 'kuma.io/service' instead")
-		}
+	var deprecations []string
+	if len(pointer.Deref(t.Spec.From)) > 0 {
+		deprecations = append(deprecations, "'from' field is deprecated, use 'rules' with SPIFFE-based 'matches' instead")
 	}
-	return deprecations
+	return append(deprecations, validators.TopLevelTargetRefDeprecations(t.Spec.TargetRef)...)
 }