diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/best-practices/missing-data.md b/docs/sources/alerting/best-practices/missing-data.md
index b4997452cb2..ac527d305b8 100644
--- a/docs/sources/alerting/best-practices/missing-data.md
+++ b/docs/sources/alerting/best-practices/missing-data.md
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ The following tables illustrate both scenarios using the previous example, with
 | :---- | :--------- | :--------- | :--------------------------- |
 | 00:00 | 1.5s 🟢    | 1s 🟢      | ✅ No Alert                  |
 | 01:00 | No Data ⚠️ | No Data ⚠️ | ⚠️ No Alert (Silent Failure) |
-| 02:00 | No Data ⚠️ | No Data ⚠️ | ⚠️ No Alert (Silent Failure) |
-| 03:00 | 1.4s 🟢    | 1s 🟢      | ✅ No Alert                  |
+| 02:00 | 1.4s 🟢    | 1s 🟢      | ✅ No Alert                  |
 
 **MissingSeries Scenario:** Only a specific series (`region2`) disappears:
 
@@ -97,8 +96,7 @@ The following tables illustrate both scenarios using the previous example, with
 | :---- | :------ | :---------------- | :--------------------------- |
 | 00:00 | 1.5s 🟢 | 1s 🟢             | ✅ No Alert                  |
 | 01:00 | 1.6s 🟢 | Missing Series ⚠️ | ⚠️ No Alert (Silent Failure) |
-| 02:00 | 1.6s 🟢 | Missing Series ⚠️ | ⚠️ No Alert (Silent Failure) |
-| 03:00 | 1.4s 🟢 | 1s 🟢             | ✅ No Alert                  |
+| 02:00 | 1.4s 🟢 | 1s 🟢             | ✅ No Alert                  |
 
 In both cases, something broke silently.
 
@@ -162,14 +160,13 @@ Grafana marks missing series as [**stale**](ref:stale-alert-instances) after two
 
 If an alert instance becomes stale, you’ll find it in the [alert history](ref:alert-history) as `Normal (Missing Series)` before it disappears. This table shows the eviction process from the previous example:
 
-| Time  | region1               | region2                            | Alert triggered                                                                                |
-| :---- | :-------------------- | :--------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| 00:00 | 1.5s 🟢               | 1s 🟢                              | 🟢🟢 No Alerts                                                                                 |
-| 01:00 | 3s 🔴 <br> `Alerting` | 3s 🔴 <br> `Alerting`              | 🔴🔴 Alert instances triggered for both regions                                                |
-| 02:00 | 1.6s 🟢               | MissingSeries ⚠️ <br> `Alerting` ️ | 🟢🔴 Region2 missing, state maintained.                                                        |
-| 03:00 | 1.6s 🟢               | MissingSeries ⚠️ `Alerting`️       | 🟢🔴Region2 missing, state maintained.                                                         |
-| 04:00 | 1.4s 🟢               | —                                  | 🟢 🟢 `region2` Normal (Missing Series), resolved, and instance evicted; 📩 Notification sent. |
-| 05:00 | 1.4s 🟢               | —                                  | 🟢 No Alerts                                                                                   |
+| Time  | region1               | region2                               | Alert triggered                                                          |
+| :---- | :-------------------- | :------------------------------------ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 00:00 | 1.5s 🟢               | 1s 🟢                                 | 🟢🟢 No Alerts                                                           |
+| 01:00 | 3s 🔴 <br> `Alerting` | 3s 🔴 <br> `Alerting`                 | 🔴🔴 Alert instances triggered for both regions                          |
+| 02:00 | 1.6s 🟢               | `(MissingSeries)`⚠️ <br> `Alerting` ️ | 🟢🔴 Region2 missing, state maintained.                                  |
+| 03:00 | 1.4s 🟢               | `(MissingSeries)` <br> `Normal`       | 🟢🟢 `region2` was resolved, 📩 notification sent, and instance evicted. |
+| 04:00 | 1.4s 🟢               | —                                     | 🟢 No Alerts. `region2` was evicted.                                     |
 
 ###
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rule-evaluation/stale-alert-instances.md b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rule-evaluation/stale-alert-instances.md
index 8b8227c7027..50983640285 100644
--- a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rule-evaluation/stale-alert-instances.md
+++ b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rule-evaluation/stale-alert-instances.md
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ This is different from the [**No Data** state](ref:no-data-state), which occurs
 
 A stale alert instance transitions to the **Normal (MissingSeries)** state as **Resolved**, and is then evicted:
 
-| Eval. Interval   | 1   | 2               | 3               | 4   | 5   |
-| :--------------- | :-- | :-------------- | :-------------- | :-- | :-- |
-| Alert instance A | ✔  | ✔              | ✔              | ✔  | ✔  |
-| Alert instance B | ✔  | `MissingSeries` | `MissingSeries` | ️📩 |     |
+| Eval. Interval   | 1   | 2               | 3                                        | 4   |
+| :--------------- | :-- | :-------------- | :--------------------------------------- | :-- |
+| Alert instance A | ✔  | ✔              | ✔                                       | ✔  |
+| Alert instance B | ✔  | `MissingSeries` | ️`Normal(MissingSeries)` 📩<sup>\*</sup> |     |
 
 {{< admonition type="note" >}}
 
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ The process for handling stale alert instances is as follows:
 
 1. Grafana keeps the previous state of the alert instance for the number of evaluation intervals specified in [Missing series evaluations to resolve](#configure-missing-series-evaluations-to-resolve).
 
-1. If it remains missing after two intervals, it transitions to the **Normal** state and sets **MissingSeries** in the `grafana_state_reason` annotation.
+1. If it remains missing after the specified number of evaluation intervals (2 by default), it transitions to the **Normal** state and sets **MissingSeries** in the `grafana_state_reason` annotation.
 
-1. Stale alert instances in the **Alerting**, **No Data**, or **Error** states transition to the **Normal** state as **Resolved**, and are routed for notifications like other resolved alerts.
+   Stale alert instances in the **Alerting**, **No Data**, or **Error** states transition to the **Normal** state as **Resolved**, and are routed for notifications like other resolved alerts.
 
 1. The alert instance is removed from the UI.