diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/GenerateAlertDataModal.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/GenerateAlertDataModal.tsx
index 060329757a8..5b2e6d87a35 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/GenerateAlertDataModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/GenerateAlertDataModal.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Button, Card, Modal, RadioButtonGroup, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { TestTemplateAlert } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
 import { KeyValueField } from '../../../api/templateApi';
-import AnnotationsField from '../../rule-editor/AnnotationsField';
+import AnnotationsStep from '../../rule-editor/AnnotationsStep';
 import LabelsField from '../../rule-editor/LabelsField';
 
 interface Props {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const GenerateAlertDataModal = ({ isOpen, onDismiss, onAccept }: Props) =
             <Card>
               <Stack direction="column" gap={1}>
                 <div className={styles.section}>
-                  <AnnotationsField />
+                  <AnnotationsStep />
                 </div>
                 <div className={styles.section}>
                   <LabelsField />
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/TestContactPointModal.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/TestContactPointModal.tsx
index eaad2d40ce2..16658740d6c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/TestContactPointModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/TestContactPointModal.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
-import { useForm, FormProvider } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { FormProvider, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Modal, Button, Label, useStyles2, RadioButtonGroup } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, Label, Modal, RadioButtonGroup, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { TestReceiversAlert } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { Annotations, Labels } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
 
 import { defaultAnnotations } from '../../../utils/constants';
-import AnnotationsField from '../../rule-editor/AnnotationsField';
+import AnnotationsStep from '../../rule-editor/AnnotationsStep';
 import LabelsField from '../../rule-editor/LabelsField';
 
 interface Props {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export const TestContactPointModal = ({ isOpen, onDismiss, onTest }: Props) => {
                 use custom templates and messages.
               </div>
               <div className={styles.section}>
-                <AnnotationsField />
+                <AnnotationsStep />
               </div>
               <div className={styles.section}>
                 <LabelsField />
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleForm.tsx
index 34e18fcfba4..524dd17bc0b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AlertRuleForm.tsx
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ import {
 } from '../../utils/rule-form';
 import * as ruleId from '../../utils/rule-id';
 
+import AnnotationsStep from './AnnotationsStep';
 import { CloudEvaluationBehavior } from './CloudEvaluationBehavior';
-import { DetailsStep } from './DetailsStep';
 import { GrafanaEvaluationBehavior } from './GrafanaEvaluationBehavior';
 import { GrafanaRuleInspector } from './GrafanaRuleInspector';
 import { NotificationsStep } from './NotificationsStep';
+import { RecordingRulesNameSpaceAndGroupStep } from './RecordingRulesNameSpaceAndGroupStep';
 import { RuleEditorSection } from './RuleEditorSection';
 import { RuleInspector } from './RuleInspector';
 import { QueryAndExpressionsStep } from './query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep';
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill }: Props) => {
   const type = watch('type');
   const dataSourceName = watch('dataSourceName');
 
-  const showStep2 = Boolean(type && (type === RuleFormType.grafana || !!dataSourceName));
+  const showDataSourceDependantStep = Boolean(type && (type === RuleFormType.grafana || !!dataSourceName));
 
   const submitState = useUnifiedAlertingSelector((state) => state.ruleForm.saveRule) || initialAsyncRequestState;
   useCleanup((state) => (state.unifiedAlerting.ruleForm.saveRule = initialAsyncRequestState));
@@ -254,20 +255,30 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill }: Props) => {
         <div className={styles.contentOuter}>
           <CustomScrollbar autoHeightMin="100%" hideHorizontalTrack={true}>
             <div className={styles.contentInner}>
+              {/* Step 1 */}
               <AlertRuleNameInput />
+              {/* Step 2 */}
               <QueryAndExpressionsStep editingExistingRule={!!existing} onDataChange={checkAlertCondition} />
-              {showStep2 && (
+              {/* Step 3-4-5 */}
+              {showDataSourceDependantStep && (
                 <>
-                  {type === RuleFormType.grafana ? (
+                  {/* Step 3 */}
+                  {type === RuleFormType.grafana && (
                     <GrafanaEvaluationBehavior
                       evaluateEvery={evaluateEvery}
                       setEvaluateEvery={setEvaluateEvery}
                       existing={Boolean(existing)}
                     />
-                  ) : (
-                    <CloudEvaluationBehavior />
                   )}
-                  <DetailsStep />
+
+                  {type === RuleFormType.cloudAlerting && <CloudEvaluationBehavior />}
+
+                  {type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording && <RecordingRulesNameSpaceAndGroupStep />}
+
+                  {/* Step 4 & 5 */}
+                  {/* Annotations only for cloud and Grafana */}
+                  {type !== RuleFormType.cloudRecording && <AnnotationsStep />}
+                  {/* Notifications step*/}
                   <NotificationsStep alertUid={uidFromParams} />
                 </>
               )}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.test.tsx
index 2412a2aa2a7..52d279fa5c6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.test.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { getDefaultFormValues } from '../../utils/rule-form';
 
 import 'whatwg-fetch';
 
-import AnnotationsField from './AnnotationsField';
+import AnnotationsStep from './AnnotationsStep';
 
 // To get anything displayed inside the Autosize component we need to mock it
 // Ref https://github.com/bvaughn/react-window/issues/454#issuecomment-646031139
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function FormWrapper({ formValues }: { formValues?: Partial<RuleFormValues> }) {
   return (
     <TestProvider store={store}>
       <FormProvider {...formApi}>
-        <AnnotationsField />
+        <AnnotationsStep />
       </FormProvider>
     </TestProvider>
   );
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsStep.tsx
similarity index 88%
rename from public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.tsx
rename to public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsStep.tsx
index fead5d2dc60..c9fbc5b7281 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/AnnotationsStep.tsx
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ import { Annotation, annotationLabels } from '../../utils/constants';
 import AnnotationHeaderField from './AnnotationHeaderField';
 import DashboardAnnotationField from './DashboardAnnotationField';
 import { DashboardPicker, PanelDTO } from './DashboardPicker';
+import { NeedHelpInfo } from './NeedHelpInfo';
+import { RuleEditorSection } from './RuleEditorSection';
 
-const AnnotationsField = () => {
+const AnnotationsStep = () => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const [showPanelSelector, setShowPanelSelector] = useToggle(false);
 
@@ -90,8 +92,27 @@ const AnnotationsField = () => {
     setShowPanelSelector(true);
   };
 
+  function getAnnotationsSectionDescription() {
+    const docsLink =
+      'https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/fundamentals/annotation-label/variables-label-annotation';
+
+    return (
+      <Stack gap={0.5}>
+        Add annotations to provide more context in your alert notifications.
+        <NeedHelpInfo
+          contentText={`Annotations add metadata to provide more information on the alert in your alert notifications. 
+          For example, add a Summary annotation to tell you which value caused the alert to fire or which server it happened on.
+          Annotations can contain a combination of text and template code.`}
+          externalLink={docsLink}
+          linkText={`Read about annotations`}
+          title="Annotations"
+        />
+      </Stack>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
-    <>
+    <RuleEditorSection stepNo={4} title="Add annotations" description={getAnnotationsSectionDescription()}>
       <div className={styles.flexColumn}>
         {fields.map((annotationField, index: number) => {
           const isUrl = annotations[index]?.key?.toLocaleLowerCase().endsWith('url');
@@ -186,7 +207,7 @@ const AnnotationsField = () => {
           />
         )}
       </div>
-    </>
+    </RuleEditorSection>
   );
 };
 
@@ -242,4 +263,4 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
   `,
 });
 
-export default AnnotationsField;
+export default AnnotationsStep;
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/CloudEvaluationBehavior.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/CloudEvaluationBehavior.tsx
index 07b8c0bd3ae..d7cb7278d62 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/CloudEvaluationBehavior.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/CloudEvaluationBehavior.tsx
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ export const CloudEvaluationBehavior = () => {
   const type = watch('type');
   const dataSourceName = watch('dataSourceName');
 
-  // cloud recording rules do not have alert conditions
-  if (type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   return (
     <RuleEditorSection stepNo={3} title="Set alert evaluation behavior">
       <Field
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/DetailsStep.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/DetailsStep.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index be14d996704..00000000000
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/DetailsStep.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import React from 'react';
-import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
-
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Stack } from '@grafana/experimental';
-import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
-
-import { RuleFormType, RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
-
-import AnnotationsField from './AnnotationsField';
-import { GroupAndNamespaceFields } from './GroupAndNamespaceFields';
-import { NeedHelpInfo } from './NeedHelpInfo';
-import { RuleEditorSection } from './RuleEditorSection';
-
-function getDescription(ruleType: RuleFormType | undefined, styles: { [key: string]: string }) {
-  const annotationsText = 'Add annotations to provide more context in your alert notifications.';
-
-  if (ruleType === RuleFormType.cloudRecording) {
-    return 'Select the Namespace and Group for your recording rule.';
-  }
-  const docsLink =
-    'https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/fundamentals/annotation-label/variables-label-annotation';
-
-  const textToRender =
-    ruleType === RuleFormType.grafana
-      ? ` ${annotationsText} `
-      : ruleType === RuleFormType.cloudAlerting
-      ? `Select the Namespace and evaluation group for your alert. ${annotationsText} `
-      : '';
-
-  return (
-    <Stack gap={0.5}>
-      {`${textToRender}`}
-      <NeedHelpInfo
-        contentText={`Annotations add metadata to provide more information on the alert in your alert notifications. 
-          For example, add a Summary annotation to tell you which value caused the alert to fire or which server it happened on.
-          Annotations can contain a combination of text and template code.`}
-        externalLink={docsLink}
-        linkText={`Read about annotations`}
-        title="Annotations"
-      />
-    </Stack>
-  );
-}
-
-export function DetailsStep() {
-  const { watch } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues & { location?: string }>();
-
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-
-  const ruleFormType = watch('type');
-  const dataSourceName = watch('dataSourceName');
-  const type = watch('type');
-
-  return (
-    <RuleEditorSection
-      stepNo={type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording ? 3 : 4}
-      title={type === RuleFormType.cloudRecording ? 'Add namespace and group' : 'Add annotations'}
-      description={getDescription(type, styles)}
-    >
-      {ruleFormType === RuleFormType.cloudRecording && dataSourceName && (
-        <GroupAndNamespaceFields rulesSourceName={dataSourceName} />
-      )}
-
-      {type !== RuleFormType.cloudRecording && <AnnotationsField />}
-    </RuleEditorSection>
-  );
-}
-
-const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
-  needHelpText: css`
-    color: ${theme.colors.text.primary};
-    font-size: ${theme.typography.size.sm};
-    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(0.5)};
-    cursor: pointer;
-    text-underline-position: under;
-  `,
-
-  needHelpTooltip: css`
-    max-width: 300px;
-    font-size: ${theme.typography.size.sm};
-    margin-left: 5px;
-
-    div {
-      margin-top: 5px;
-      margin-bottom: 5px;
-    }
-  `,
-
-  tooltipHeader: css`
-    color: ${theme.colors.text.primary};
-    font-weight: bold;
-  `,
-
-  tooltipLink: css`
-    color: ${theme.colors.text.link};
-    cursor: pointer;
-
-    &:hover {
-      text-decoration: underline;
-    }
-  `,
-
-  underline: css`
-    text-decoration: underline;
-  `,
-});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RecordingRulesNameSpaceAndGroupStep.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RecordingRulesNameSpaceAndGroupStep.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04bc6d5e89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RecordingRulesNameSpaceAndGroupStep.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
+
+import { RuleFormValues } from '../../types/rule-form';
+
+import { GroupAndNamespaceFields } from './GroupAndNamespaceFields';
+import { RuleEditorSection } from './RuleEditorSection';
+
+export function RecordingRulesNameSpaceAndGroupStep() {
+  const { watch } = useFormContext<RuleFormValues & { location?: string }>();
+
+  const dataSourceName = watch('dataSourceName');
+
+  if (!dataSourceName) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <RuleEditorSection
+      stepNo={3}
+      title={'Add namespace and group'}
+      description="Select the Namespace and Group for your recording rule."
+    >
+      <GroupAndNamespaceFields rulesSourceName={dataSourceName} />
+    </RuleEditorSection>
+  );
+}