diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79e7f9295170ae9d92984e3c35ec30f3ec2b25f6..bc320b7922796890dfd17d9f4b1ab09bfbed2e5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ These are the available fields with their respective default values:
           receiver: 'null'
           routes:
           - match:
-              alertname: DeadMansSwitch
+              alertname: Watchdog
             receiver: 'null'
         receivers:
         - name: 'null'
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ The Alertmanager configuration is located in the `_config.alertmanager.config` c
            receiver: 'null'
            routes:
            - match:
-               alertname: DeadMansSwitch
+               alertname: Watchdog
              receiver: 'null'
          receivers:
          - name: 'null'
diff --git a/docs/developing-prometheus-rules-and-grafana-dashboards.md b/docs/developing-prometheus-rules-and-grafana-dashboards.md
index dcd0ad72f4286c0a3512d1e4525a83f740662cc2..d6c7499904a99c12866ef01bcf72d0d08eeaca1c 100644
--- a/docs/developing-prometheus-rules-and-grafana-dashboards.md
+++ b/docs/developing-prometheus-rules-and-grafana-dashboards.md
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ local kp = (import 'kube-prometheus/kube-prometheus.libsonnet') + {
         name: 'example-group',
         rules: [
           {
-            alert: 'DeadMansSwitch',
+            alert: 'Watchdog',
             expr: 'vector(1)',
             labels: {
               severity: 'none',
             },
             annotations: {
-              description: 'This is a DeadMansSwitch meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.',
+              description: 'This is a Watchdog meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.',
             },
           },
         ],
diff --git a/examples/alertmanager-config.jsonnet b/examples/alertmanager-config.jsonnet
index 162104d71470aba4cc45b9b21f9c793550a4580b..f08dbe19e333073d6553fda87bf5b4671787c0ac 100644
--- a/examples/alertmanager-config.jsonnet
+++ b/examples/alertmanager-config.jsonnet
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
            receiver: 'null'
            routes:
            - match:
-               alertname: DeadMansSwitch
+               alertname: Watchdog
              receiver: 'null'
          receivers:
          - name: 'null'
diff --git a/examples/alertmanager-config.yaml b/examples/alertmanager-config.yaml
index 78c65b64723bf1ed42857fb13284ace813cc85e5..b341b55f169a71236547468fecabe42ce625551b 100644
--- a/examples/alertmanager-config.yaml
+++ b/examples/alertmanager-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ route:
   receiver: 'null'
   routes:
   - match:
-      alertname: DeadMansSwitch
+      alertname: Watchdog
     receiver: 'null'
 receivers:
 - name: 'null'
diff --git a/examples/existingrule.json b/examples/existingrule.json
index b29a5c454a17b4dbaac88de8404f6d6e51cda2f1..41d6620b87749b68f9aa222b9582a27ac0469068 100644
--- a/examples/existingrule.json
+++ b/examples/existingrule.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"groups":[{"name":"example-group","rules":[{"alert":"DeadMansSwitch","annotations":{"description":"This is a DeadMansSwitch meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional."},"expr":"vector(1)","labels":{"severity":"none"}}]}]}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"groups":[{"name":"example-group","rules":[{"alert":"Watchdog","annotations":{"description":"This is a Watchdog meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional."},"expr":"vector(1)","labels":{"severity":"none"}}]}]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/existingrule.yaml b/examples/existingrule.yaml
index 94d9d6915c8fbf1a659f09cc12d54134a2f4c184..6a67032f96accb758e0ab108c1c72be037b7efe4 100644
--- a/examples/existingrule.yaml
+++ b/examples/existingrule.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 groups:
 - name: example-group
   rules:
-  - alert: DeadMansSwitch
+  - alert: Watchdog
     expr: vector(1)
     labels:
       severity: "none"
     annotations:
-      description: This is a DeadMansSwitch meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.
+      description: This is a Watchdog meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.
diff --git a/examples/prometheus-additional-alert-rule-example.jsonnet b/examples/prometheus-additional-alert-rule-example.jsonnet
index b8d16af87afd81a4bdffaa2a774c203f8752573f..622df03285bb2676f0edf3ffb2236e1220e16cbd 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus-additional-alert-rule-example.jsonnet
+++ b/examples/prometheus-additional-alert-rule-example.jsonnet
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ local kp = (import 'kube-prometheus/kube-prometheus.libsonnet') + {
         name: 'example-group',
         rules: [
           {
-            alert: 'DeadMansSwitch',
+            alert: 'Watchdog',
             expr: 'vector(1)',
             labels: {
               severity: 'none',
             },
             annotations: {
-              description: 'This is a DeadMansSwitch meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.',
+              description: 'This is a Watchdog meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.',
             },
           },
         ],
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/alertmanager/alertmanager.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/alertmanager/alertmanager.libsonnet
index 6d5525e1af2eca478dc2dd757dc724615752f1ad..47e61e292069612d0a2f4f4734ddde6dd4f99535 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/alertmanager/alertmanager.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/alertmanager/alertmanager.libsonnet
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
             {
               receiver: 'null',
               match: {
-                alertname: 'DeadMansSwitch',
+                alertname: 'Watchdog',
               },
             },
           ],
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/alerts/general.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/alerts/general.libsonnet
index 8705389f9cc1bd9b09cb41339febaa100d695c63..24a4dfd5d26043b7b0564b6c0155bb94b06835ba 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/alerts/general.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/alerts/general.libsonnet
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             },
           },
           {
-            alert: 'DeadMansSwitch',
+            alert: 'Watchdog',
             annotations: {
               message: |||
                 This is an alert meant to ensure that the entire alerting pipeline is functional.