diff --git a/notifier/notifier.go b/notifier/notifier.go
index 94e4c5e7e..1f1dd7cfe 100644
--- a/notifier/notifier.go
+++ b/notifier/notifier.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func newAlertMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer, queueCap int, queueLen, alertmanag
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Subsystem: subsystem,
 			Name:      "latency_seconds",
-			Help:      "Latency quantiles for sending alert notifications (not including dropped notifications).",
+			Help:      "Latency quantiles for sending alert notifications.",
 		},
 			[]string{alertmanagerLabel},
 		),
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func newAlertMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer, queueCap int, queueLen, alertmanag
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Subsystem: subsystem,
 			Name:      "sent_total",
-			Help:      "Total number of alerts successfully sent.",
+			Help:      "Total number of alerts sent.",
 		},
 			[]string{alertmanagerLabel},
 		),