diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportToGMARules.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportToGMARules.test.tsx
index 40a66fd51aa..552efaa399c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportToGMARules.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportToGMARules.test.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const ui = {
     yaml: byRole('radio', { name: /Import rules from a Prometheus YAML file./ }),
   },
   dsImport: {
-    dsPicker: byLabelText('Data source'),
+    dsPicker: byLabelText(/data source/i, { selector: '#datasource-picker' }),
     mimirDsOption: byRole('button', { name: /Mimir Prometheus$/ }),
   },
   yamlImport: {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportToGMARules.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportToGMARules.tsx
index d1518a379a2..f330b65e99f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportToGMARules.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportToGMARules.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { withPageErrorBoundary } from '../../withPageErrorBoundary';
 import { AlertingPageWrapper } from '../AlertingPageWrapper';
 import { CreateNewFolder } from '../create-folder/CreateNewFolder';
 import { CloudRulesSourcePicker } from '../rule-editor/CloudRulesSourcePicker';
+import { NeedHelpInfo } from '../rule-editor/NeedHelpInfo';
 
 import { ConfirmConversionModal } from './ConfirmConvertModal';
 import { NamespaceAndGroupFilter } from './NamespaceAndGroupFilter';
@@ -449,7 +450,22 @@ function DataSourceField() {
 
   return (
     <Field
-      label={t('alerting.import-to-gma.datasource.label', 'Data source')}
+      label={
+        <Stack direction="row" gap={1}>
+          <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+            {t('alerting.import-to-gma.datasource.label', 'Data source')}
+          </Text>
+          <NeedHelpInfo
+            externalLink={'https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/alerting-rules/alerting-migration/'}
+            linkText={`Read importing to Grafana alerting`}
+            contentText={t(
+              'alerting.import-to-gma.datasource.help-info.content',
+              'The dropdown only displays Mimir or Loki data sources that have the ruler API available.'
+            )}
+            title={t('alerting.import-to-gma.datasource.help-info.title', 'Data source')}
+          />
+        </Stack>
+      }
       invalid={!!errors.selectedDatasourceName}
       error={errors.selectedDatasourceName?.message}
       htmlFor="datasource-picker"
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 1ad2e74501d..e12e7cc4270 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -1518,6 +1518,10 @@
         "title": "Confirm import"
       },
       "datasource": {
+        "help-info": {
+          "content": "The dropdown only displays Mimir or Loki data sources that have the ruler API available.",
+          "title": "Data source"
+        },
         "label": "Data source",
         "required-message": "Please select a data source"
       },