Finding mean squared error of estimators of $\pi$ when $X\sim\operatorname{Bin}(n,\pi)$

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Now I am really struggling to understand the definition of the mean squared error.

The question I am working on:

$X\sim \operatorname{Bin}(n,\pi)$. Find the mean squared error of the estimators $\widehat{\pi}=\frac{X}{n}$ and $\stackrel\sim \pi = \frac{X+1}{n+2}$.

Given that $E(X)=n\pi$ and $\operatorname{var}(X)=n\pi(1-\pi)$.

I am trying to get my head around the notation used in the definition of the MSE.

Now the bias is the expectation of $X$ minus $\pi$? Then the MSE would be the given variance plus the bias squared? Any help would be appreciated.