[release-11.5.3] Alerting docs: clarify No data/Error alerts skip pending period (#101867)

Alerting docs: clarify `No data/Error` alerts skip pending period (#101431)

* Alerting docs: clarify `No data/Error` alerts skip pending period

* fix vale errors

(cherry picked from commit a800f87064)

Co-authored-by: Pepe Cano <825430+ppcano@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Alert instances will be routed for [notifications](ref:notifications) when they
### `No Data` and `Error` alerts
When evaluation of an alert rule produces state `No Data` or `Error`, Grafana Alerting generates a new alert instance that have the following additional labels:
When an alert rule evaluation results in a `No Data` or `Error` state, Grafana Alerting immediately creates a new alert instance —skipping the pending period—with the following additional labels:
- `alertname`: Either `DatasourceNoData` or `DatasourceError` depending on the state.
- `datasource_uid`: The UID of the data source that caused the state.