Simplified syntax as per Colleen's suggestion

docs/en/observability/synthetics-configuration.asciidoc

@@ -209,10 +209,8 @@ Control the monitor's download speeds, upload speeds, and latency to simulate yo
 `screenshot` (https://github.com/elastic/synthetics/blob/{synthetics_version}/src/common_types.ts#L192[`ScreenshotOptions`])::
 Control whether or not to capture screenshots. Options include `'on'`, `'off'`, or `'only-on-failure'`.
 
-`alert` (https://github.com/elastic/synthetics/blob/{synthetics_version}/src/dsl/monitor.ts#L47-L54[`AlertConfig`])::
-Enable or disable alerts. Read more about alerts in <<synthetics-settings-alerting>>.
-+
-`alert: {status: {enabled: [true|false]}}`
+`alert.status.enabled` (`boolean`)::
+Enable or disable monitor status alerts. Read more about alerts in <<synthetics-settings-alerting>>.
 
 `retestOnFailure` (`boolean`)::
 Enable or disable retesting when a monitor fails. Default is `true`.