diff --git a/python/lsst/pipe/base/_datasetQueryConstraints.py b/python/lsst/pipe/base/_datasetQueryConstraints.py
index 0390c8b04..7bf8cc2e0 100644
--- a/python/lsst/pipe/base/_datasetQueryConstraints.py
+++ b/python/lsst/pipe/base/_datasetQueryConstraints.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
 from typing import Protocol
 
+from lsst.utils.introspection import find_outside_stacklevel
+
 
 class DatasetQueryConstraintVariant(Iterable, Protocol):
     """Base for all the valid variants for controlling
@@ -83,7 +85,11 @@ def fromExpression(cls, expression: str) -> "DatasetQueryConstraintVariant":
             return cls.OFF
         else:
             if " " in expression:
-                warnings.warn("Whitespace found in expression will be trimmed", RuntimeWarning)
+                warnings.warn(
+                    "Whitespace found in expression will be trimmed",
+                    RuntimeWarning,
+                    stacklevel=find_outside_stacklevel("lsst.pipe.base"),
+                )
                 expression = expression.replace(" ", "")
             members = expression.split(",")
             return cls.LIST(members)
diff --git a/python/lsst/pipe/base/pipelineIR.py b/python/lsst/pipe/base/pipelineIR.py
index f8a57dd81..ed9b82d7a 100644
--- a/python/lsst/pipe/base/pipelineIR.py
+++ b/python/lsst/pipe/base/pipelineIR.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 import yaml
 from lsst.resources import ResourcePath, ResourcePathExpression
+from lsst.utils.introspection import find_outside_stacklevel
 
 
 class _Tags(enum.Enum):
@@ -315,7 +316,8 @@ def formatted(self, parameters: ParametersIR) -> ConfigIR:
                 warnings.warn(
                     f"config {key} contains value {match.group(0)} which is formatted like a "
                     "Pipeline parameter but was not found within the Pipeline, if this was not "
-                    "intentional, check for a typo"
+                    "intentional, check for a typo",
+                    stacklevel=find_outside_stacklevel("lsst.pipe.base"),
                 )
         return new_config