diff --git a/documentation/prometheus-mixin/alerts.libsonnet b/documentation/prometheus-mixin/alerts.libsonnet
index 0cb52901d..f18c98809 100644
--- a/documentation/prometheus-mixin/alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/documentation/prometheus-mixin/alerts.libsonnet
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@
               > on(job, instance) group_right
                 max_over_time(prometheus_remote_storage_shards_max{%(prometheusSelector)s}[5m])
               )
-              == 1
             ||| % $._config,
             'for': '15m',
             labels: {
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@
             },
             annotations: {
               summary: 'Prometheus remote write desired shards calculation wants to run more than configured max shards.',
-              description: 'Prometheus %(prometheusName)s remote write is {{ printf "%%.1f" $value }}s behind for queue {{$labels.queue}}.' % $._config,
+              description: 'Prometheus %(prometheusName)s remote write desired shards calculation wants to run {{ printf $value }} shards, which is more than the max of {{ printf `prometheus_remote_storage_shards_max{instance="%%s",%(prometheusSelector)s}` $labels.instance | query | first | value }}.' % $._config,
             },
           },
           {