diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/recorder.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/recorder.py
index 0096879b34b..78c5719510a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sensor/recorder.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/recorder.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ def _suggest_report_issue(hass: HomeAssistant, entity_id: str) -> str:
 def warn_dip(
     hass: HomeAssistant, entity_id: str, state: State, previous_fstate: float
 ) -> None:
-    """Log a warning once if a sensor with state_class_total has a decreasing value.
+    """Log a warning once if a sensor with state class TOTAL_INCREASING has a decreasing value.
 
     The log will be suppressed until two dips have been seen to prevent warning due to
     rounding issues with databases storing the state as a single precision float, which
@@ -415,12 +415,13 @@ def warn_dip(
             return
         _LOGGER.warning(
             (
-                "Entity %s %shas state class total_increasing, but its state is not"
+                "Entity %s %shas state class %s, but its state is not"
                 " strictly increasing. Triggered by state %s (previous state: %s) with"
                 " last_updated set to %s. Please %s"
             ),
             entity_id,
             f"from integration {domain} " if domain else "",
+            SensorStateClass.TOTAL_INCREASING,
             state.state,
             previous_fstate,
             state.last_updated.isoformat(),
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ def warn_dip(
 
 
 def warn_negative(hass: HomeAssistant, entity_id: str, state: State) -> None:
-    """Log a warning once if a sensor with state_class_total has a negative value."""
+    """Log a warning once if a sensor with state class TOTAL_INCREASING has a negative value."""
     if WARN_NEGATIVE not in hass.data:
         hass.data[WARN_NEGATIVE] = set()
     if entity_id not in hass.data[WARN_NEGATIVE]:
@@ -438,11 +439,12 @@ def warn_negative(hass: HomeAssistant, entity_id: str, state: State) -> None:
         domain = entity_info["domain"] if entity_info else None
         _LOGGER.warning(
             (
-                "Entity %s %shas state class total_increasing, but its state is "
+                "Entity %s %shas state class %s, but its state is "
                 "negative. Triggered by state %s with last_updated set to %s. Please %s"
             ),
             entity_id,
             f"from integration {domain} " if domain else "",
+            SensorStateClass.TOTAL_INCREASING,
             state.state,
             state.last_updated.isoformat(),
             _suggest_report_issue(hass, entity_id),