From 76230215c5eae30809b63ee8ed49bbf27a8253a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diana Payton <52059945+oddlittlebird@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:42:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Update notifications.md (#26624)

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 docs/sources/alerting/notifications.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/notifications.md b/docs/sources/alerting/notifications.md
index 918be2a4bbe..3275ad902a8 100644
--- a/docs/sources/alerting/notifications.md
+++ b/docs/sources/alerting/notifications.md
@@ -76,12 +76,14 @@ VictorOps | `victorops` | yes, external only | no
 
 ### Email
 
-To enable email notifications you have to setup [SMTP settings]({{< relref "../administration/configuration/#smtp" >}})
+To enable email notifications you have to set up [SMTP settings]({{< relref "../administration/configuration/#smtp" >}})
 in the Grafana config. Email notifications will upload an image of the alert graph to an
 external image destination if available or fallback to attaching the image to the email.
 Be aware that if you use the `local` image storage email servers and clients might not be
 able to access the image.
 
+> **Note:** Template variables are not supported in email alerts.
+
 Setting | Description
 ---------- | -----------
 Single email | Send a single email to all recipients. Disabled per default.