diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/QueryWrapper.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/QueryWrapper.tsx
index a7ef27be7e0..0786eba69db 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/QueryWrapper.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/QueryWrapper.tsx
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export function MaxDataPointsOption({
       <Input
         type="number"
         width={10}
-        placeholder={DEFAULT_MAX_DATA_POINTS.toLocaleString()}
+        placeholder={DEFAULT_MAX_DATA_POINTS.toString()}
         spellCheck={false}
         onBlur={onMaxDataPointsBlur}
         defaultValue={value}