diff --git a/notifier/notifier.go b/notifier/notifier.go
index 5cee01eac5..b896d53a40 100644
--- a/notifier/notifier.go
+++ b/notifier/notifier.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func New(o *Options) *Notifier {
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Subsystem: subsystem,
 			Name:      "dropped_total",
-			Help:      "Total number of alerts dropped due to alert manager missing in configuration.",
+			Help:      "Total number of alerts dropped due to errors when sending to Alertmanager.",
 		}),
 		queueLength: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Namespace: namespace,