diff --git a/ui/src/alerting/components/notifications/utils/index.ts b/ui/src/alerting/components/notifications/utils/index.ts
index 96b1087bbb..ad914c011c 100644
--- a/ui/src/alerting/components/notifications/utils/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/alerting/components/notifications/utils/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ type RuleVariantFields =
   | PagerDutyNotificationRuleBase
   | HTTPNotificationRuleBase
 
+const defaultMessage =
+  'Notification Rule: ${ r._notification_rule_name } triggered by check: ${ r._check_name }'
+
 export const getRuleVariantDefaults = (
   endpoints: NotificationEndpoint[],
   id: string
@@ -32,11 +35,11 @@ export const getRuleVariantDefaults = (
 
   switch (endpoint.type) {
     case 'slack': {
-      return {messageTemplate: '', channel: '', type: 'slack'}
+      return {messageTemplate: defaultMessage, channel: '', type: 'slack'}
     }
 
     case 'pagerduty': {
-      return {messageTemplate: '', type: 'pagerduty'}
+      return {messageTemplate: defaultMessage, type: 'pagerduty'}
     }
 
     case 'http': {
diff --git a/ui/src/alerting/constants/index.ts b/ui/src/alerting/constants/index.ts
index c97fb9d8f1..ad9bf94f81 100644
--- a/ui/src/alerting/constants/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/alerting/constants/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_CHECK_EVERY = '5m'
 export const DEFAULT_CHECK_OFFSET = '0s'
 export const DEFAULT_CHECK_REPORT_ZERO = false
 export const DEFAULT_DEADMAN_LEVEL: CheckStatusLevel = 'CRIT'
+export const DEFAULT_STATUS_MESSAGE =
+  'Check: ${ r._check_name }\n\nIs at level: ${ r._level }'
 
 export const CHECK_EVERY_OPTIONS = DURATIONS
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_CHECK: Partial<ThresholdCheck> = {
   thresholds: [],
   every: DEFAULT_CHECK_EVERY,
   offset: DEFAULT_CHECK_OFFSET,
+  statusMessageTemplate: DEFAULT_STATUS_MESSAGE,
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_DEADMAN_CHECK: Partial<DeadmanCheck> = {
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_DEADMAN_CHECK: Partial<DeadmanCheck> = {
   offset: DEFAULT_CHECK_OFFSET,
   reportZero: DEFAULT_CHECK_REPORT_ZERO,
   level: DEFAULT_DEADMAN_LEVEL,
+  statusMessageTemplate: DEFAULT_STATUS_MESSAGE,
 }
 
 export const CHECK_QUERY_FIXTURE: DashboardQuery = {
diff --git a/ui/src/timeMachine/actions/index.ts b/ui/src/timeMachine/actions/index.ts
index fea8fbdd1c..84414f407f 100644
--- a/ui/src/timeMachine/actions/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/timeMachine/actions/index.ts
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ export const setXAxisLabel = (xAxisLabel: string): SetXAxisLabelAction => ({
 })
 
 export const setCheckStatus = (checkStatus: RemoteDataState) => ({
-  type: 'SET_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK_STATUS' as 'SET_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK_STATUS',
+  type: 'SET_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK_STATUS' as 'SET_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK_STATUS',
   payload: {checkStatus},
 })
 
@@ -619,17 +619,17 @@ export const setTimeMachineCheck = (
   checkStatus: RemoteDataState,
   check: Partial<Check>
 ) => ({
-  type: 'SET_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK' as 'SET_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK',
+  type: 'SET_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK' as 'SET_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK',
   payload: {checkStatus, check},
 })
 
 export const updateTimeMachineCheck = (checkUpdate: Partial<Check>) => ({
-  type: 'UPDATE_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK' as 'UPDATE_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK',
+  type: 'UPDATE_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK' as 'UPDATE_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK',
   payload: {checkUpdate},
 })
 
 export const changeCheckType = (toType: CheckType) => ({
-  type: 'CHANGE_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK_TYPE' as 'CHANGE_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK_TYPE',
+  type: 'CHANGE_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK_TYPE' as 'CHANGE_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK_TYPE',
   payload: {toType},
 })
 
diff --git a/ui/src/timeMachine/reducers/index.ts b/ui/src/timeMachine/reducers/index.ts
index 3b1389f080..be04a22a70 100644
--- a/ui/src/timeMachine/reducers/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/timeMachine/reducers/index.ts
@@ -829,20 +829,20 @@ export const timeMachineReducer = (
       })
     }
 
-    case 'SET_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK_STATUS': {
+    case 'SET_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK_STATUS': {
       const {checkStatus} = action.payload
 
       return {...state, alerting: {...state.alerting, checkStatus}}
     }
 
-    case 'SET_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK':
+    case 'SET_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK':
       const alerting = {
         check: action.payload.check,
         checkStatus: action.payload.checkStatus,
       }
       return {...state, alerting}
 
-    case 'UPDATE_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK':
+    case 'UPDATE_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK':
       return produce(state, draftState => {
         draftState.alerting.check = {
           ...draftState.alerting.check,
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ export const timeMachineReducer = (
         }
       })
 
-    case 'CHANGE_TIMEMACHINE_CHECK_TYPE':
+    case 'CHANGE_TIME_MACHINE_CHECK_TYPE':
       return produce(state, draftState => {
         const exCheck = draftState.alerting.check