diff --git a/docs/node-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet b/docs/node-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
index 6c2ee3e3..a5572a0e 100644
--- a/docs/node-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/docs/node-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
               )
               or
               (
-                node_timex_offset_seconds < 0.05
+                node_timex_offset_seconds < -0.05
               and
                 deriv(node_timex_offset_seconds[5m]) <= 0
               )