diff --git a/app/vmalert/README.md b/app/vmalert/README.md
index 51350c4f29..ac7e8b4da0 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/README.md
+++ b/app/vmalert/README.md
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
   -datasource.tlsServerName string
      Optional TLS server name to use for connections to -datasource.url. By default, the server name from -datasource.url is used
   -datasource.url string
-     Datasource compatible with Prometheus HTTP API. It can be single node VictoriaMetrics or vmselect URL. Required parameter. E.g. http://127.0.0.1:8428 . See also '-remoteRead.disablePathAppend', '-datasource.showURL'.
+     Datasource compatible with Prometheus HTTP API. It can be single node VictoriaMetrics or vmselect URL. Required parameter. E.g. http://127.0.0.1:8428 . See also -remoteRead.disablePathAppend and -datasource.showURL
   -defaultTenant.graphite string
      Default tenant for Graphite alerting groups. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#multitenancy .This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
   -defaultTenant.prometheus string
diff --git a/app/vmalert/datasource/init.go b/app/vmalert/datasource/init.go
index fe088ba78b..8868361d0c 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/datasource/init.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/datasource/init.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	addr = flag.String("datasource.url", "", "Datasource compatible with Prometheus HTTP API. It can be single node VictoriaMetrics or vmselect URL. Required parameter. "+
-		"E.g. http://127.0.0.1:8428 . See also '-datasource.disablePathAppend', '-datasource.showURL'.")
+		"E.g. http://127.0.0.1:8428 . See also -remoteRead.disablePathAppend and -datasource.showURL")
 	appendTypePrefix  = flag.Bool("datasource.appendTypePrefix", false, "Whether to add type prefix to -datasource.url based on the query type. Set to true if sending different query types to the vmselect URL.")
 	showDatasourceURL = flag.Bool("datasource.showURL", false, "Whether to show -datasource.url in the exported metrics. "+
 		"It is hidden by default, since it can contain sensitive info such as auth key")
diff --git a/docs/vmalert.md b/docs/vmalert.md
index 8477156b1e..44dd90be4d 100644
--- a/docs/vmalert.md
+++ b/docs/vmalert.md
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
   -datasource.tlsServerName string
      Optional TLS server name to use for connections to -datasource.url. By default, the server name from -datasource.url is used
   -datasource.url string
-     Datasource compatible with Prometheus HTTP API. It can be single node VictoriaMetrics or vmselect URL. Required parameter. E.g. http://127.0.0.1:8428 . See also '-remoteRead.disablePathAppend', '-datasource.showURL'.
+     Datasource compatible with Prometheus HTTP API. It can be single node VictoriaMetrics or vmselect URL. Required parameter. E.g. http://127.0.0.1:8428 . See also -remoteRead.disablePathAppend and -datasource.showURL
   -defaultTenant.graphite string
      Default tenant for Graphite alerting groups. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#multitenancy .This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
   -defaultTenant.prometheus string