diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels_config/available_channels.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels_config/available_channels.go
index 95352dd6f49..07df8e78251 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels_config/available_channels.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels_config/available_channels.go
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ func GetAvailableNotifiers() []*NotifierPlugin {
 				},
 				{ // New in 9.3.
 					Label:        "Message",
-					Description:  "Custom message. You can use template variables.",
+					Description:  "Templated message to be used in the payload's \"message\" field.",
 					Element:      ElementTypeTextArea,
 					PropertyName: "message",
 					Placeholder:  alertingTemplates.DefaultMessageEmbed,
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockGrafanaNotifiers.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockGrafanaNotifiers.ts
index db5a7d923c5..a15904148ea 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockGrafanaNotifiers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockGrafanaNotifiers.ts
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ export const grafanaAlertNotifiers: Record<GrafanaNotifierType, NotifierDTO> = {
         element: 'textarea',
         inputType: '',
         label: 'Message',
-        description: 'Custom message. You can use template variables.',
+        description: 'Templated message to be used in the payload\'s "message" field.',
         placeholder: '{{ template "default.message" . }}',
         propertyName: 'message',
         selectOptions: null,