From 0563c143e55f2305838cf79251360a350ad8d380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: danaelhe <42972711+danaelhe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 14:49:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Alerts: Expand on Monitoring Alerts doc

---
 commands/monitoring.go | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/commands/monitoring.go b/commands/monitoring.go
index 8d74b92a3..b8d18861d 100644
--- a/commands/monitoring.go
+++ b/commands/monitoring.go
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ func alertPolicies() *Command {
 			Use:     "alert",
 			Aliases: []string{"alerts", "a"},
 			Short:   "Display commands for managing alert policies",
-			Long:    "The commands under `doctl monitoring alert` are for the management of alert policies.",
+			Long: `The commands under ` + "`" + `doctl monitoring alert` + "`" + ` are for the management of alert policies.
+
+An alert policy can be applied to resource(s) (currently Droplets)
+in order to alert on resource consumption. 
+			
+If you'd like to alert on a specific URL or IP address, use ` + "`" + `doctl monitoring uptime alert` + "` instead",
 		},
 	}