diff --git a/telegraf/meta/prometheus.yml b/telegraf/meta/prometheus.yml
index decbc0d..ae9742c 100644
--- a/telegraf/meta/prometheus.yml
+++ b/telegraf/meta/prometheus.yml
@@ -42,30 +42,33 @@
     OVSTooManyPortRunningOnAgent:
       if: >-
         sum by (host) (ovs_bridge_status)  > 1500
+      for: 2m
       labels:
         severity: major
         service: neutron
       annotations:
         summary: "High number of ovs ports on host"
-        description: "The number of ovs port is {{ $value }} (ovs-vsctl list port ) on {{ $labels.host }} which is more than the expected limit"
+        description: "The number of ovs port is {{ $value }} (ovs-vsctl list port ) on {{ $labels.host }} which is more than the expected limit for 2 minutes."
     OVSErrorOnPort:
       if: >-
         ovs_bridge_status == 2
+      for: 2m
       labels:
         severity: critical
         service: neutron
       annotations:
         summary: "OVS port is reporting error"
-        description: "OVS port {{ $labels.port }} on bridge {{ $labels.bridge }} running on {{ $labels.host }} is reporting errors"
+        description: "OVS port {{ $labels.port }} on bridge {{ $labels.bridge }} running on {{ $labels.host }} is reporting errors for 2 minutes."
     OVSNonInternalPortDown:
       if: >-
         ovs_bridge_status{type!="internal"} == 0
+      for: 5m
       labels:
         severity: critical
         service: neutron
       annotations:
         summary: "Non internal ovs port is down"
-        description: "OVS port {{ $labels.port }} on bridge {{ $labels.bridge }} running on {{ $labels.host }} is reporting status down"
+        description: "OVS port {{ $labels.port }} on bridge {{ $labels.bridge }} running on {{ $labels.host }} is reporting status down for 5 minutes."
     OVSGatherFailed:
       if: >-
         ovs_bridge_check == 0