diff --git a/imperative/python/megengine/tensor.py b/imperative/python/megengine/tensor.py
index 40432f5aa2cd1fb513db32c2aaee1b016bfd2ece..080106dfb062930aba96c9e3610e87d5bfc6fde7 100644
--- a/imperative/python/megengine/tensor.py
+++ b/imperative/python/megengine/tensor.py
@@ -197,7 +197,9 @@ class Tensor(_Tensor, ArrayMethodMixin):
         self._name = self._prefix + "." + name if self._prefix else name
         self._set_name(self._name)
 
-    @deprecated(version="1.0", reason="no need to reuse an existing tensor since 1.0")
+    @deprecated(
+        version="1.0", reason="please use ``tensor_name[...] = value``",
+    )
     def set_value(self, value):
         self._reset(value)