diff --git a/notification/notification.go b/notification/notification.go
index 10952350dc..d27c2feeb6 100644
--- a/notification/notification.go
+++ b/notification/notification.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func NewNotificationHandler(alertmanagerURL string, notificationQueueCapacity in
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Subsystem: subsystem,
 			Name:      "dropped_total",
-			Help:      "Total number of dropped alert notifications.",
+			Help:      "Total number of alert notifications dropped due to alert manager missing in configuration.",
 		}),
 		notificationsQueueLength: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Namespace: namespace,