diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98c1b91325..46c3eb138f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,12 @@ crdschemas/
 
 developer-workspace/gitpod/_output
 developer-workspace/codespaces/kind 
+
+# editor and IDE paraphernalia
+.idea
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# macOS
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/mixin/alerts/node.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/mixin/alerts/node.libsonnet
index 5bad9bf8da..e9f7d6394b 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/mixin/alerts/node.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/mixin/alerts/node.libsonnet
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             alert: 'NodeNetworkInterfaceFlapping',
             annotations: {
               summary: 'Network interface is often changing its status',
-              description: 'Network interface "{{ $labels.device }}" changing its up status often on node-exporter {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }}',
+              description: 'The network interface "{{ $labels.device }}" at "{{ $labels.instance }}" changing its up status often on node-exporter {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }}',
             },
             expr: |||
               changes(node_network_up{%(nodeExporterSelector)s,%(hostNetworkInterfaceSelector)s}[2m]) > 2
diff --git a/manifests/kubePrometheus-prometheusRule.yaml b/manifests/kubePrometheus-prometheusRule.yaml
index 1356ee9dc9..2230a3cde5 100644
--- a/manifests/kubePrometheus-prometheusRule.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kubePrometheus-prometheusRule.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ spec:
     rules:
     - alert: NodeNetworkInterfaceFlapping
       annotations:
-        description: Network interface "{{ $labels.device }}" changing its up status often on node-exporter {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }}
+        description: The network interface "{{ $labels.device }}" at "{{ $labels.instance }}" changing its up status often on node-exporter {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }}
         runbook_url: https://runbooks.prometheus-operator.dev/runbooks/general/nodenetworkinterfaceflapping
         summary: Network interface is often changing its status
       expr: |