diff --git a/app/vmalert/notifier/init.go b/app/vmalert/notifier/init.go
index f1e5cabca7..6972effb9c 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/notifier/init.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/notifier/init.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 		"It is hidden by default, since it can contain sensitive info such as auth key")
 	blackHole = flag.Bool("notifier.blackhole", false, "Whether to blackhole alerting notifications. "+
 		"Enable this flag if you want vmalert to evaluate alerting rules without sending any notifications to external receivers (eg. alertmanager). "+
-		"`-notifier.url`, `-notifier.config` and `-notifier.blackhole` are mutually exclusive.")
+		"-notifier.url, -notifier.config and -notifier.blackhole are mutually exclusive.")
 
 	basicAuthUsername     = flagutil.NewArrayString("notifier.basicAuth.username", "Optional basic auth username for -notifier.url")
 	basicAuthPassword     = flagutil.NewArrayString("notifier.basicAuth.password", "Optional basic auth password for -notifier.url")
diff --git a/docs/vmalert.md b/docs/vmalert.md
index 316c0a0cfb..4ebf795506 100644
--- a/docs/vmalert.md
+++ b/docs/vmalert.md
@@ -1138,8 +1138,8 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
   -notifier.bearerTokenFile array
      Optional path to bearer token file for -notifier.url
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-  -notifier.blackhole bool
-     Whether to blackhole alerting notifications. Enable this flag if you want vmalert to evaluate alerting rules without sending any notifications to external receivers (eg. alertmanager). -notifier.url, `-notifier.config` and `-notifier.blackhole` are mutually exclusive.
+  -notifier.blackhole
+     Whether to blackhole alerting notifications. Enable this flag if you want vmalert to evaluate alerting rules without sending any notifications to external receivers (eg. alertmanager). -notifier.url, -notifier.config and -notifier.blackhole are mutually exclusive.
   -notifier.config string
      Path to configuration file for notifiers
   -notifier.oauth2.clientID array