diff --git a/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet b/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
index 3616d61f2..1edac9b71 100644
--- a/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local utils = import '../lib/utils.libsonnet';
   _config+:: {
     kubeStateMetricsSelector: error 'must provide selector for kube-state-metrics',
     kubeJobTimeoutDuration: error 'must provide value for kubeJobTimeoutDuration',
+    kubeDaemonSetRolloutStuckFor: '15m',
     namespaceSelector: null,
     prefixedNamespaceSelector: if self.namespaceSelector != null then self.namespaceSelector + ',' else '',
   },
@@ -204,10 +205,10 @@ local utils = import '../lib/utils.libsonnet';
               severity: 'warning',
             },
             annotations: {
-              description: 'DaemonSet {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.daemonset }} has not finished or progressed for at least 15 minutes.',
+              description: 'DaemonSet {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.daemonset }} has not finished or progressed for at least %(kubeDaemonSetRolloutStuckFor)s.' % $._config,
               summary: 'DaemonSet rollout is stuck.',
             },
-            'for': '15m',
+            'for': $._config.kubeDaemonSetRolloutStuckFor,
           },
           {
             expr: |||
diff --git a/tests.yaml b/tests.yaml
index 82dd4bb60..44d422ff5 100644
--- a/tests.yaml
+++ b/tests.yaml
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ tests:
         severity: warning
       exp_annotations:
         summary: "DaemonSet rollout is stuck."
-        description: 'DaemonSet monitoring/node-exporter has not finished or progressed for at least 15 minutes.'
+        description: 'DaemonSet monitoring/node-exporter has not finished or progressed for at least 15m.'
         runbook_url: https://github.com/kubernetes-monitoring/kubernetes-mixin/tree/master/runbook.md#alert-name-kubedaemonsetrolloutstuck
   - eval_time: 34m
     alertname: KubeDaemonSetRolloutStuck
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ tests:
         severity: warning
       exp_annotations:
         summary: "DaemonSet rollout is stuck."
-        description: 'DaemonSet monitoring/node-exporter has not finished or progressed for at least 15 minutes.'
+        description: 'DaemonSet monitoring/node-exporter has not finished or progressed for at least 15m.'
         runbook_url: https://github.com/kubernetes-monitoring/kubernetes-mixin/tree/master/runbook.md#alert-name-kubedaemonsetrolloutstuck
   - eval_time: 34m
     alertname: KubeDaemonSetRolloutStuck
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ tests:
         severity: warning
       exp_annotations:
         summary: "DaemonSet rollout is stuck."
-        description: 'DaemonSet monitoring/node-exporter has not finished or progressed for at least 15 minutes.'
+        description: 'DaemonSet monitoring/node-exporter has not finished or progressed for at least 15m.'
         runbook_url: https://github.com/kubernetes-monitoring/kubernetes-mixin/tree/master/runbook.md#alert-name-kubedaemonsetrolloutstuck
   - eval_time: 34m
     alertname: KubeDaemonSetRolloutStuck
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ tests:
         severity: warning
       exp_annotations:
         summary: "DaemonSet rollout is stuck."
-        description: 'DaemonSet monitoring/node-exporter has not finished or progressed for at least 15 minutes.'
+        description: 'DaemonSet monitoring/node-exporter has not finished or progressed for at least 15m.'
         runbook_url: https://github.com/kubernetes-monitoring/kubernetes-mixin/tree/master/runbook.md#alert-name-kubedaemonsetrolloutstuck
   - eval_time: 36m
     alertname: KubeDaemonSetRolloutStuck