diff -u b/core/modules/field/field.module b/core/modules/field/field.module
--- b/core/modules/field/field.module
+++ b/core/modules/field/field.module
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@
       }
       drupal_set_message(\Drupal::translation()->formatPlural(
         count($fields),
-        'The %fields field will have data purged during this synchronization.',
-        'The following fields will have data purged during this synchronization: %fields.',
+        'This synchronization will delete data from the field %fields.',
+        'This synchronization will delete data from the fields: %fields.',
         array('%fields' => implode(', ', $field_labels))
       ), 'warning');
     }
diff -u b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Tests/FieldImportDeleteUninstallUiTest.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Tests/FieldImportDeleteUninstallUiTest.php
--- b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Tests/FieldImportDeleteUninstallUiTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Tests/FieldImportDeleteUninstallUiTest.php
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@
     $this->drupalGet('admin/config/development/configuration');
     // Test that the message for one field being purged during a configuration
     // synchronization is correct.
-    $this->assertText('The entity_test.field_tel field will have data purged during this synchronization.');
+    $this->assertText('This synchronization will delete data from the field entity_test.field_tel.');
 
     // Stage an uninstall of the text module to test the message for multiple
     // fields.
     unset($core_extension['module']['text']);
     $staging->write('core.extension', $core_extension);
     $this->drupalGet('admin/config/development/configuration');
-    $this->assertText('The following fields will have data purged during this synchronization: entity_test.field_tel, entity_test.field_text.');
+    $this->assertText('This synchronization will delete data from the fields: entity_test.field_tel, entity_test.field_text.');
 
     // This will purge all the data, delete the field and uninstall the
     // Telephone and Text modules.