diff --git a/docs/topics/item-pipeline.rst b/docs/topics/item-pipeline.rst
index a5f6e07b8..58c922e0d 100644
--- a/docs/topics/item-pipeline.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/item-pipeline.rst
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ contain a price:
                     adapter["price"] = adapter["price"] * self.vat_factor
                 return item
             else:
-                raise DropItem(f"Missing price in {item}")
+                raise DropItem("Missing price")
 
 
 Write items to a JSON lines file
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ returns multiples items with the same id:
         def process_item(self, item, spider):
             adapter = ItemAdapter(item)
             if adapter["id"] in self.ids_seen:
-                raise DropItem(f"Duplicate item found: {item!r}")
+                raise DropItem(f"Item ID already seen: {adapter['id']}")
             else:
                 self.ids_seen.add(adapter["id"])
                 return item