diff --git a/conf/defaults.ini b/conf/defaults.ini
index cf924be3f9f8..85d0953c6af8 100644
--- a/conf/defaults.ini
+++ b/conf/defaults.ini
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ enabled = true
 # Makes it possible to turn off alert rule execution but alerting UI is visible
 execute_alerts = true
 
-# Default setting for new alert rules. Defaults to categories error and timeouts as alerting. (alerting, keep_state)
+# Default setting for new alert rules. Defaults to categorize error and timeouts as alerting. (alerting, keep_state)
 error_or_timeout = alerting
 
 # Default setting for how Grafana handles nodata or null values in alerting. (alerting, no_data, keep_state, ok)
diff --git a/conf/sample.ini b/conf/sample.ini
index 670728143476..2ef254f79b9a 100644
--- a/conf/sample.ini
+++ b/conf/sample.ini
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ log_queries =
 # Makes it possible to turn off alert rule execution but alerting UI is visible
 ;execute_alerts = true
 
-# Default setting for new alert rules. Defaults to categories error and timeouts as alerting. (alerting, keep_state)
+# Default setting for new alert rules. Defaults to categorize error and timeouts as alerting. (alerting, keep_state)
 ;error_or_timeout = alerting
 
 # Default setting for how Grafana handles nodata or null values in alerting. (alerting, no_data, keep_state, ok)
diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/configuration.md b/docs/sources/installation/configuration.md
index 1cd4d5d38936..6e3d36cc6d3d 100644
--- a/docs/sources/installation/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/sources/installation/configuration.md
@@ -1011,9 +1011,11 @@ Defaults to true. Set to false to disable alerting engine and hide Alerting from
 Makes it possible to turn off alert rule execution.
 
 ### error_or_timeout
+> Available in 5.3 and above
 
-Default setting for new alert rules. Defaults to categories error and timeouts as alerting. (alerting, keep_state)
+Default setting for new alert rules. Defaults to categorize error and timeouts as alerting. (alerting, keep_state)
 
 ### nodata_or_nullvalues
+> Available in 5.3  and above
 
 Default setting for how Grafana handles nodata or null values in alerting. (alerting, no_data, keep_state, ok)