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docs/sources/alerting/configure-notifications/create-silence.md

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Use mute timings for predictable, recurring time periods when you don't want to
 
 **When to use silences**
 
-Use silences for one-time or ad-hoc suppression of notifications:
+Use silences for one-time or as-needed suppression of notifications:
 
 - Active incident response (suppress notifications while investigating)
 - Immediate suppression of a specific alert or group of alerts

docs/sources/alerting/configure-notifications/mute-timings.md

@@ -63,6 +63,24 @@ The following table highlights the key differences between mute timings and sile
 | **Setup**  | Created and then added to notification policies             | Matches alerts using labels to determine whether to silence them |
 | **Period** | Uses time interval definitions that can repeat periodically | Has a fixed start and end time                                   |
 
+**When to use mute timings**
+
+Use mute timings for predictable, recurring time periods when you don't want to receive notifications:
+
+- Regular maintenance windows (for example, every Sunday from 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM)
+- Non-business hours (for example, nights and weekends)
+- Scheduled deployments or known change windows
+- Regular testing periods
+
+**When to use silences**
+
+Use silences for one-time or as-needed suppression of notifications:
+
+- Active incident response (suppress notifications while investigating)
+- Immediate suppression of a specific alert or group of alerts
+- One-time maintenance or deployment events
+- Temporarily suppress alerts for specific services or components
+
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 ## Add time intervals