diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/route-settings/ActiveTimingFields.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/route-settings/ActiveTimingFields.tsx
index 8a600c786c7..a34ba5c8f0f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/route-settings/ActiveTimingFields.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/route-settings/ActiveTimingFields.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function ActiveTimingFields({ alertmanager }: BaseAlertmanagerArgs) {
       data-testid="am-active-timing-select"
       description={t(
         'alerting.mute-timing-fields.am-active-timing-select-description-active-timings',
-        'Select a time interval to define when not to send notifications for this alert rule'
+        'Select a time interval to define when to only send notifications for this alert rule'
       )}
       className={styles.muteTimingField}
       invalid={!!errors.contactPoints?.[alertmanager]?.activeTimeIntervals}
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index e12e7cc4270..21766b55b13 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@
       "title-delete-mute-timing": "Delete mute timing"
     },
     "mute-timing-fields": {
-      "am-active-timing-select-description-active-timings": "Select a time interval to define when not to send notifications for this alert rule",
+      "am-active-timing-select-description-active-timings": "Select a time interval to define when to only send notifications for this alert rule",
       "am-mute-timing-select-description-mute-timings": "Select a mute timing to define when not to send notifications for this alert rule",
       "am-mute-timing-select-label-mute-timings": "Mute timings"
     },