diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/QueryWrapper.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/QueryWrapper.tsx
index 8a95fa6087c..0538ea7a3bd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/QueryWrapper.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/QueryWrapper.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
-import React, { FC, ReactNode, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { FC, useState } from 'react';
 
 import {
   CoreApp,
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   RelativeTimeRange,
   ThresholdsConfig,
 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { RelativeTimeRangePicker, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { RelativeTimeRangePicker, useStyles2, Tooltip, Icon } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { isExpressionQuery } from 'app/features/expressions/guards';
 import { QueryEditorRow } from 'app/features/query/components/QueryEditorRow';
 import { AlertQuery } from 'app/types/unified-alerting-dto';
@@ -58,18 +58,49 @@ export const QueryWrapper: FC<Props> = ({
   const isExpression = isExpressionQuery(query.model);
   const [pluginId, changePluginId] = useState<SupportedPanelPlugins>(isExpression ? TABLE : TIMESERIES);
 
-  const renderTimePicker = (query: AlertQuery, index: number): ReactNode => {
-    if (isExpressionQuery(query.model) || !onChangeTimeRange) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
+  function SelectingDataSourceTooltip() {
+    const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
     return (
-      <RelativeTimeRangePicker
-        timeRange={query.relativeTimeRange ?? getDefaultRelativeTimeRange()}
-        onChange={(range) => onChangeTimeRange(range, index)}
-      />
+      <div className={styles.dsTooltip}>
+        <Tooltip
+          content={
+            <>
+              Not finding the data source you want? Some data sources are not supported for alerting. Click on the icon
+              for more information.
+            </>
+          }
+        >
+          <Icon
+            name="info-circle"
+            onClick={() =>
+              window.open(
+                ' https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/fundamentals/data-source-alerting/',
+                '_blank'
+              )
+            }
+          />
+        </Tooltip>
+      </div>
     );
-  };
+  }
+
+  function HeaderExtras({ query, index }: { query: AlertQuery; index: number }) {
+    if (isExpressionQuery(query.model)) {
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      return (
+        <>
+          <SelectingDataSourceTooltip />
+          {onChangeTimeRange && (
+            <RelativeTimeRangePicker
+              timeRange={query.relativeTimeRange ?? getDefaultRelativeTimeRange()}
+              onChange={(range) => onChangeTimeRange(range, index)}
+            />
+          )}
+        </>
+      );
+    }
+  }
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.wrapper}>
@@ -87,7 +118,7 @@ export const QueryWrapper: FC<Props> = ({
         onAddQuery={() => onDuplicateQuery(cloneDeep(query))}
         onRunQuery={onRunQueries}
         queries={queries}
-        renderHeaderExtras={() => renderTimePicker(query, index)}
+        renderHeaderExtras={() => <HeaderExtras query={query} index={index} />}
         app={CoreApp.UnifiedAlerting}
         visualization={
           data.state !== LoadingState.NotStarted ? (
@@ -118,4 +149,13 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
     border: 1px solid ${theme.colors.border.medium};
     border-radius: ${theme.shape.borderRadius(1)};
   `,
+  dsTooltip: css`
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    margin-right: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+    &:hover {
+      opacity: 0.85;
+      cursor: pointer;
+    }
+  `,
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/datasources/components/BasicSettings.tsx b/public/app/features/datasources/components/BasicSettings.tsx
index bd99284cb29..bdcf896f3da 100644
--- a/public/app/features/datasources/components/BasicSettings.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/datasources/components/BasicSettings.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import React from 'react';
 
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
-import { InlineField, InlineSwitch, Input } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { getDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { InlineField, InlineSwitch, Input, Badge, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 export interface Props {
   dataSourceName: string;
@@ -11,40 +14,65 @@ export interface Props {
 }
 
 export function BasicSettings({ dataSourceName, isDefault, onDefaultChange, onNameChange }: Props) {
+  const ds = getDataSourceSrv()?.getInstanceSettings(dataSourceName);
+  const hasAlertingEnabled = Boolean(ds?.meta?.alerting ?? false);
+
   return (
-    <div className="gf-form-group" aria-label="Datasource settings page basic settings">
-      <div className="gf-form-inline">
-        {/* Name */}
-        <div className="gf-form max-width-30">
-          <InlineField
-            label="Name"
-            tooltip="The name is used when you select the data source in panels. The default data source is
+    <>
+      <AlertingEnabled enabled={hasAlertingEnabled} />
+      <div className="gf-form-group" aria-label="Datasource settings page basic settings">
+        <div className="gf-form-inline">
+          {/* Name */}
+          <div className="gf-form max-width-30">
+            <InlineField
+              label="Name"
+              tooltip="The name is used when you select the data source in panels. The default data source is
               'preselected in new panels."
-            grow
-          >
-            <Input
-              id="basic-settings-name"
-              type="text"
-              value={dataSourceName}
-              placeholder="Name"
-              onChange={(event) => onNameChange(event.currentTarget.value)}
-              required
-              aria-label={selectors.pages.DataSource.name}
+              grow
+            >
+              <Input
+                id="basic-settings-name"
+                type="text"
+                value={dataSourceName}
+                placeholder="Name"
+                onChange={(event) => onNameChange(event.currentTarget.value)}
+                required
+                aria-label={selectors.pages.DataSource.name}
+              />
+            </InlineField>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Is Default */}
+          <InlineField label="Default" labelWidth={8}>
+            <InlineSwitch
+              id="basic-settings-default"
+              value={isDefault}
+              onChange={(event: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+                onDefaultChange(event.currentTarget.checked);
+              }}
             />
           </InlineField>
         </div>
-
-        {/* Is Default */}
-        <InlineField label="Default" labelWidth={8}>
-          <InlineSwitch
-            id="basic-settings-default"
-            value={isDefault}
-            onChange={(event: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-              onDefaultChange(event.currentTarget.checked);
-            }}
-          />
-        </InlineField>
       </div>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+export function AlertingEnabled({ enabled }: { enabled: boolean }) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.badge}>
+      {enabled ? (
+        <Badge color="green" icon="check-circle" text="Alerting supported" />
+      ) : (
+        <Badge color="orange" icon="exclamation-triangle" text="Alerting not supported" />
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  badge: css`
+    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+  `,
+});