diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/alerting-rules/templating-labels-annotations.md b/docs/sources/alerting/alerting-rules/templating-labels-annotations.md
index 5177d6dad6f..38f08f8084b 100644
--- a/docs/sources/alerting/alerting-rules/templating-labels-annotations.md
+++ b/docs/sources/alerting/alerting-rules/templating-labels-annotations.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Each template is evaluated whenever the alert rule is evaluated, and is evaluate
 
 ## Examples
 
-Rather than write a complete tutorial on text/template, the following examples attempt to show the most common use-cases we have seen for templates. You can use these examples verbatim, or adapt them as necessary for your use case. For more information on how to write text/template refer to the [text/template](https://pkg.go.dev/text/template) documentation.
+The following examples attempt to show the most common use-cases we have seen for templates. You can use these examples verbatim, or adapt them as necessary for your use case. For more information on how to write text/template refer see [the beginner's guide to alert notification templates in Grafana](https://grafana.com/blog/2023/04/05/grafana-alerting-a-beginners-guide-to-templating-alert-notifications/).
 
 ### Print all labels, comma separated
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/configure-notifications/_index.md b/docs/sources/alerting/configure-notifications/_index.md
index f709efed8fa..996b5ee29af 100644
--- a/docs/sources/alerting/configure-notifications/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/alerting/configure-notifications/_index.md
@@ -19,8 +19,19 @@ weight: 125
 
 Choose how, when, and where to send your alert notifications.
 
-As a first step, define your contact points; where to send your alert notifications to. A contact point is a set of one or more integrations that are used to deliver notifications.
+As a first step, define your [contact points][contact-points] where to send your alert notifications to. A contact point is a set of one or more integrations that are used to deliver notifications.
 
-Next, create a notification policy which is a set of rules for where, when and how your alerts are routed to contact points. In a notification policy, you define where to send your alert notifications by choosing one of the contact points you created.
+Next, create a [notification policy][notification-policies] which is a set of rules for where, when and how your alerts are routed to contact points. In a notification policy, you define where to send your alert notifications by choosing one of the contact points you created.
 
-Optionally, you can add notification templates to contact points for reuse and consistent messaging in your notifications.
+Optionally, you can add [notification templates][templates-page] to contact points for reuse and consistent messaging in your notifications.
+
+{{% docs/reference %}}
+[notification-policies]: "/docs/grafana/ -> /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/fundamentals/notifications/notification-policies"
+[notification-policies]: "/docs/grafana-cloud/ -> /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/fundamentals/notifications/notification-policies"
+
+[contact-points]: "/docs/grafana/ -> /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/fundamentals/notifications/contact-points"
+[contact-points]: "/docs/grafana-cloud/ -> /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/fundamentals/notifications/contact-points"
+
+[templates-page]: "/docs/grafana/ -> /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/fundamentals/notifications/templates/"
+[templates-page]: "/docs/grafana-cloud/ -> /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/fundamentals/notifications/templates/"
+{{% /docs/reference %}}