diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rule-evaluation/state-and-health.md b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rule-evaluation/state-and-health.md
index 1f883512f8f..b81d5f7a5d6 100644
--- a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rule-evaluation/state-and-health.md
+++ b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rule-evaluation/state-and-health.md
@@ -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.
diff --git a/docs/sources/shared/alerts/table-configure-no-data-and-error.md b/docs/sources/shared/alerts/table-configure-no-data-and-error.md
index 5c303f4b4ae..c906a8dc736 100644
--- a/docs/sources/shared/alerts/table-configure-no-data-and-error.md
+++ b/docs/sources/shared/alerts/table-configure-no-data-and-error.md
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ labels:
title: 'Table configure no data and error'
---
-| Configure | Set alert state | Description |
-| ---------------- | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| No Data | No Data | The default option for **No Data** events.
Sets alert instance state to `No Data`.
The alert rule also creates a new alert instance `DatasourceNoData` with the name and UID of the alert rule, and UID of the datasource that returned no data as labels. |
-| Error | Error | The default option for **Error** events.
Sets alert instance state to `Error`.
The alert rule also creates a new alert instance `DatasourceError` with the name and UID of the alert rule, and UID of the datasource that returned no data as labels. |
-| No Data or Error | Alerting | Sets the alert instance state to `Pending` and then transitions to `Alerting` once the pending period ends. If you sent the pending period to 0, the alert instance state is immediately set to `Alerting`. |
-| No Data or Error | Normal | Sets alert instance state to `Normal`. |
-| No Data or Error | Keep Last State | Maintains the alert instance in its last state. Useful for mitigating temporary issues. |
+| Configure | Set alert state | Description |
+| ---------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| No Data | No Data | The default option for **No Data** events.
Sets alert instance state to `No Data`.
The alert rule immediately creates a new `DatasourceNoData` alert instance after evaluation, with the alert rule's name, UID, and the data source UID as labels. |
+| Error | Error | The default option for **Error** events.
Sets alert instance state to `Error`.
The alert rule immediately creates a new `DatasourceError` alert instance after evaluation, with the alert rule's name, UID, and the data source UID as labels. |
+| No Data or Error | Alerting | Sets the alert instance state to `Pending` and then transitions to `Alerting` once the pending period ends. If you sent the pending period to 0, the alert instance state is immediately set to `Alerting`. |
+| No Data or Error | Normal | Sets alert instance state to `Normal`. |
+| No Data or Error | Keep Last State | Maintains the alert instance in its last state. Useful for mitigating temporary issues. |