diff --git a/setuptools/command/bdist_wheel.py b/setuptools/command/bdist_wheel.py
index 8f067866594..926b4076142 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/bdist_wheel.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/bdist_wheel.py
@@ -209,9 +209,7 @@ class bdist_wheel(Command):
         (
             "compression=",
             None,
-            "zipfile compression (one of: {}) [default: 'deflated']".format(
-                ", ".join(supported_compressions)
-            ),
+            f"zipfile compression (one of: {', '.join(supported_compressions)}) [default: 'deflated']",
         ),
         (
             "python-tag=",
diff --git a/setuptools/dist.py b/setuptools/dist.py
index e32c5ed7c11..606dbd43ec5 100644
--- a/setuptools/dist.py
+++ b/setuptools/dist.py
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ def _check_marker(marker):
 def assert_bool(dist, attr, value):
     """Verify that value is True, False, 0, or 1"""
     if bool(value) != value:
-        tmpl = "{attr!r} must be a boolean value (got {value!r})"
-        raise DistutilsSetupError(tmpl.format(attr=attr, value=value))
+        raise DistutilsSetupError(f"{attr!r} must be a boolean value (got {value!r})")
 
 
 def invalid_unless_false(dist, attr, value):
@@ -144,11 +143,10 @@ def check_requirements(dist, attr, value):
         if isinstance(value, (dict, set)):
             raise TypeError("Unordered types are not allowed")
     except (TypeError, ValueError) as error:
-        tmpl = (
-            "{attr!r} must be a string or list of strings "
-            "containing valid project/version requirement specifiers; {error}"
-        )
-        raise DistutilsSetupError(tmpl.format(attr=attr, error=error)) from error
+        raise DistutilsSetupError(
+            f"{attr!r} must be a string or list of strings "
+            f"containing valid project/version requirement specifiers; {error}"
+        ) from error
 
 
 def check_specifier(dist, attr, value):
@@ -156,8 +154,9 @@ def check_specifier(dist, attr, value):
     try:
         SpecifierSet(value)
     except (InvalidSpecifier, AttributeError) as error:
-        tmpl = "{attr!r} must be a string containing valid version specifiers; {error}"
-        raise DistutilsSetupError(tmpl.format(attr=attr, error=error)) from error
+        raise DistutilsSetupError(
+            f"{attr!r} must be a string containing valid version specifiers; {error}"
+        ) from error
 
 
 def check_entry_points(dist, attr, value):