diff --git a/services/notifications/pkg/config/config.go b/services/notifications/pkg/config/config.go
index ff68275d305..3e2ed476ba0 100644
--- a/services/notifications/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/notifications/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type SMTP struct {
 	Password       string `yaml:"smtp_password" env:"NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_PASSWORD" desc:"Password for the SMTP host to connect to." introductionVersion:"pre5.0"`
 	Insecure       bool   `yaml:"insecure" env:"NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_INSECURE" desc:"Allow insecure connections to the SMTP server." introductionVersion:"pre5.0"`
 	Authentication string `yaml:"smtp_authentication" env:"NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_AUTHENTICATION" desc:"Authentication method for the SMTP communication. Possible values are 'login', 'plain', 'crammd5', 'none' or 'auto'. If set to 'auto' or unset, the authentication method is automatically negotiated with the server." introductionVersion:"pre5.0"`
-	Encryption     string `yaml:"smtp_encryption" env:"NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_ENCRYPTION" desc:"Encryption method for the SMTP communication. Possible values  are 'starttls', 'ssl', 'ssltls', 'tls'  and 'none'." deprecationVersion:"5.0.0" removalVersion:"7.0.0" deprecationInfo:"The NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_ENCRYPTION values 'ssl' and 'tls' are deprecated and will be removed in the future." deprecationReplacement:"Use 'starttls' instead of 'tls' and 'ssltls' instead of 'ssl'." introductionVersion:"pre5.0"`
+	Encryption     string `yaml:"smtp_encryption" env:"NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_ENCRYPTION" desc:"Encryption method for the SMTP communication. Possible values are 'starttls', 'ssl', 'ssltls', 'tls' and 'none'." introductionVersion:"pre5.0" deprecationVersion:"5.0.0" removalVersion:"7.0.0" deprecationInfo:"The NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_ENCRYPTION values 'ssl' and 'tls' are deprecated and will be removed in the future." deprecationReplacement:"Use 'starttls' instead of 'tls' and 'ssltls' instead of 'ssl'."`
 }
 
 // Events combines the configuration options for the event bus.