diff --git a/plexapi/library.py b/plexapi/library.py
index 51006b06..e72e4d86 100644
--- a/plexapi/library.py
+++ b/plexapi/library.py
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ class LibrarySection(PlexObject):
         """
         return self._server.history(maxresults=maxresults, mindate=mindate, librarySectionID=self.key, accountID=1)
 
-    @deprecated('use "collections" (plural) instead', stacklevel=2)
+    @deprecated('use "collections" (plural) instead')
     def collection(self, **kwargs):
         return self.collections()
 
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ class Collections(PlexPartialObject, ArtMixin, PosterMixin, LabelMixin):
         self.updatedAt = utils.toDatetime(data.attrib.get('updatedAt'))
 
     @property
-    @deprecated('use "items" instead')
+    @deprecated('use "items" instead', stacklevel=3)
     def children(self):
         return self.items()
 
diff --git a/plexapi/utils.py b/plexapi/utils.py
index 03ff8efb..e4225941 100644
--- a/plexapi/utils.py
+++ b/plexapi/utils.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def base64str(text):
     return base64.b64encode(text.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
 
 
-def deprecated(message, stacklevel=3):
+def deprecated(message, stacklevel=2):
     def decorator(func):
         """This is a decorator which can be used to mark functions
         as deprecated. It will result in a warning being emitted