diff --git a/pandas/io/msgpack/_packer.pyx b/pandas/io/msgpack/_packer.pyx
index 7c7c8f7b61e604..5c0499b4891106 100644
--- a/pandas/io/msgpack/_packer.pyx
+++ b/pandas/io/msgpack/_packer.pyx
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ cdef class Packer:
                 default_used = 1
                 continue
             else:
-                raise TypeError("can't serialize {thing!r}".format(thing=o))
+                raise TypeError(f"can't serialize {repr(o)}")
             break
         return ret
 
diff --git a/pandas/io/msgpack/_unpacker.pyx b/pandas/io/msgpack/_unpacker.pyx
index cf9b2c7c04d429..f1817f29bd42ab 100644
--- a/pandas/io/msgpack/_unpacker.pyx
+++ b/pandas/io/msgpack/_unpacker.pyx
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ cdef inline init_ctx(unpack_context *ctx,
 
 def default_read_extended_type(typecode, data):
     raise NotImplementedError("Cannot decode extended type "
-                              "with typecode={code}".format(code=typecode))
+                              f"with typecode={typecode}")
 
 
 def unpackb(object packed, object object_hook=None, object list_hook=None,
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def unpackb(object packed, object object_hook=None, object list_hook=None,
         return obj
     else:
         PyBuffer_Release(&view)
-        raise UnpackValueError("Unpack failed: error = {ret}".format(ret=ret))
+        raise UnpackValueError(f"Unpack failed: error = {ret}")
 
 
 def unpack(object stream, object object_hook=None, object list_hook=None,
@@ -430,8 +430,7 @@ cdef class Unpacker:
                 else:
                     raise OutOfData("No more data to unpack.")
             else:
-                raise ValueError("Unpack failed: error = {ret}"
-                                 .format(ret=ret))
+                raise ValueError(f"Unpack failed: error = {ret}")
 
     def read_bytes(self, Py_ssize_t nbytes):
         """Read a specified number of raw bytes from the stream"""
diff --git a/pandas/io/sas/sas.pyx b/pandas/io/sas/sas.pyx
index 63781982255169..bb5bce96bc64b8 100644
--- a/pandas/io/sas/sas.pyx
+++ b/pandas/io/sas/sas.pyx
@@ -105,13 +105,11 @@ cdef const uint8_t[:] rle_decompress(int result_length,
                 result[rpos] = 0x00
                 rpos += 1
         else:
-            raise ValueError("unknown control byte: {byte}"
-                             .format(byte=control_byte))
+            raise ValueError(f"unknown control byte: {control_byte}")
 
     # In py37 cython/clang sees `len(outbuff)` as size_t and not Py_ssize_t
     if <Py_ssize_t>len(result) != <Py_ssize_t>result_length:
-        raise ValueError("RLE: {got} != {expect}".format(got=len(result),
-                                                         expect=result_length))
+        raise ValueError(f"RLE: {len(result)} != {result_length}")
 
     return np.asarray(result)
 
@@ -194,8 +192,7 @@ cdef const uint8_t[:] rdc_decompress(int result_length,
 
     # In py37 cython/clang sees `len(outbuff)` as size_t and not Py_ssize_t
     if <Py_ssize_t>len(outbuff) != <Py_ssize_t>result_length:
-        raise ValueError("RDC: {got} != {expect}\n"
-                         .format(got=len(outbuff), expect=result_length))
+        raise ValueError(f"RDC: {len(outbuff)} != {result_length}\n")
 
     return np.asarray(outbuff)
 
@@ -271,8 +268,7 @@ cdef class Parser:
                 self.column_types[j] = column_type_string
             else:
                 raise ValueError("unknown column type: "
-                                 "{typ}"
-                                 .format(typ=self.parser.columns[j].ctype))
+                                 f"{self.parser.columns[j].ctype}")
 
         # compression
         if parser.compression == const.rle_compression:
@@ -392,8 +388,7 @@ cdef class Parser:
                         return True
                 return False
             else:
-                raise ValueError("unknown page type: {typ}"
-                                 .format(typ=self.current_page_type))
+                raise ValueError(f"unknown page type: {self.current_page_type}")
 
     cdef void process_byte_array_with_data(self, int offset, int length):