diff --git a/app/vmalert/README.md b/app/vmalert/README.md
index 7c72894d5..6f705db6f 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/README.md
+++ b/app/vmalert/README.md
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
   -metricsAuthKey string
     	Auth key for /metrics. It overrides httpAuth settings
   -notifier.basicAuth.password array
-    	Optional basic auth password for -datasource.url
+    	Optional basic auth password for -notifier.url
     	Supports array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
   -notifier.basicAuth.username array
-    	Optional basic auth username for -datasource.url
+    	Optional basic auth username for -notifier.url
     	Supports array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
   -notifier.tlsCAFile array
     	Optional path to TLS CA file to use for verifying connections to -notifier.url. By default system CA is used
diff --git a/app/vmalert/notifier/init.go b/app/vmalert/notifier/init.go
index 696e398e5..69554b8c0 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/notifier/init.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/notifier/init.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	addrs             = flagutil.NewArray("notifier.url", "Prometheus alertmanager URL. Required parameter. e.g. http://127.0.0.1:9093")
-	basicAuthUsername = flagutil.NewArray("notifier.basicAuth.username", "Optional basic auth username for -datasource.url")
-	basicAuthPassword = flagutil.NewArray("notifier.basicAuth.password", "Optional basic auth password for -datasource.url")
+	basicAuthUsername = flagutil.NewArray("notifier.basicAuth.username", "Optional basic auth username for -notifier.url")
+	basicAuthPassword = flagutil.NewArray("notifier.basicAuth.password", "Optional basic auth password for -notifier.url")
 
 	tlsInsecureSkipVerify = flagutil.NewArrayBool("notifier.tlsInsecureSkipVerify", "Whether to skip tls verification when connecting to -notifier.url")
 	tlsCertFile           = flagutil.NewArray("notifier.tlsCertFile", "Optional path to client-side TLS certificate file to use when connecting to -notifier.url")
diff --git a/docs/vmalert.md b/docs/vmalert.md
index 7c72894d5..6f705db6f 100644
--- a/docs/vmalert.md
+++ b/docs/vmalert.md
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
   -metricsAuthKey string
     	Auth key for /metrics. It overrides httpAuth settings
   -notifier.basicAuth.password array
-    	Optional basic auth password for -datasource.url
+    	Optional basic auth password for -notifier.url
     	Supports array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
   -notifier.basicAuth.username array
-    	Optional basic auth username for -datasource.url
+    	Optional basic auth username for -notifier.url
     	Supports array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
   -notifier.tlsCAFile array
     	Optional path to TLS CA file to use for verifying connections to -notifier.url. By default system CA is used