diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
index 0ec4b8d9e5f..8b96db2db06 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ const ui = {
     more: byRole('button', { name: 'More' }),
   },
   moreActionItems: {
-    pause: byRole('menuitem', { name: /pause alert evaluation/i }),
-    resume: byRole('menuitem', { name: /resume alert evaluation/i }),
+    pause: byRole('menuitem', { name: /pause evaluation/i }),
+    resume: byRole('menuitem', { name: /resume evaluation/i }),
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/MenuItemPauseRule.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/MenuItemPauseRule.tsx
index b9bcd22e05f..06ad1985efb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/MenuItemPauseRule.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/MenuItemPauseRule.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const MenuItemPauseRule = ({ rule, onPauseChange }: Props) => {
   const [updateRule] = alertRuleApi.endpoints.updateRule.useMutation();
   const isPaused = isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule) && isGrafanaRulerRulePaused(rule.rulerRule);
   const icon = isPaused ? 'play' : 'pause';
-  const title = isPaused ? 'Resume alert evaluation' : 'Pause alert evaluation';
+  const title = isPaused ? 'Resume evaluation' : 'Pause evaluation';
 
   /**
    * Triggers API call to update the current rule to the new `is_paused` state