diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels_config/available_channels.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels_config/available_channels.go
index a64c641a40e..2e2ce80d24d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels_config/available_channels.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels_config/available_channels.go
@@ -1689,13 +1689,13 @@ func GetAvailableNotifiers() []*NotifierPlugin {
 					Label:        "Subject",
 					Element:      ElementTypeTextArea,
 					InputType:    InputTypeText,
-					Description:  "Optional subject. You can use templates to customize this field",
+					Description:  "Optional subject. By default, this field uses the default title template and can be customized with templates and custom messages. It cannot be an empty string",
 					PropertyName: "subject",
 					Placeholder:  alertingTemplates.DefaultMessageTitleEmbed,
 				},
 				{
 					Label:        "Message",
-					Description:  "Optional message. You can use templates to customize this field. Using a custom message will replace the default message",
+					Description:  "Optional message. By default, this field uses the default message template and can be customized with templates and custom messages",
 					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 a15904148ea..984a9eb1a14 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockGrafanaNotifiers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockGrafanaNotifiers.ts
@@ -3146,7 +3146,8 @@ export const grafanaAlertNotifiers: Record<GrafanaNotifierType, NotifierDTO> = {
         element: 'input',
         inputType: 'text',
         label: 'Subject',
-        description: 'Optional subject. You can use templates to customize this field',
+        description:
+          'Optional subject. By default, this field uses the default title template and can be customized using templates. It cannot be an empty string',
         placeholder: '{{ template "default.title" . }}',
         propertyName: 'subject',
         selectOptions: null,
@@ -3165,7 +3166,7 @@ export const grafanaAlertNotifiers: Record<GrafanaNotifierType, NotifierDTO> = {
         inputType: '',
         label: 'Message',
         description:
-          'Optional message. You can use templates to customize this field. Using a custom message will replace the default message',
+          'Optional message. By default, this field uses the default message template and can be customized with templates and custom messages',
         placeholder: '{{ template "default.message" . }}',
         propertyName: 'message',
         selectOptions: null,