diff --git a/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet b/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
index 754346abb..3616d61f2 100644
--- a/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/alerts/apps_alerts.libsonnet
@@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ local utils = import '../lib/utils.libsonnet';
           },
           {
             expr: |||
-              sum by (namespace, pod, container, %(clusterLabel)s) (kube_pod_container_status_waiting_reason{%(prefixedNamespaceSelector)s%(kubeStateMetricsSelector)s}) > 0
+              kube_pod_container_status_waiting_reason{reason!="CrashLoopBackOff", %(prefixedNamespaceSelector)s%(kubeStateMetricsSelector)s} > 0
             ||| % $._config,
             labels: {
               severity: 'warning',
             },
             annotations: {
-              description: 'pod/{{ $labels.pod }} in namespace {{ $labels.namespace }} on container {{ $labels.container}} has been in waiting state for longer than 1 hour.',
+              description: 'pod/{{ $labels.pod }} in namespace {{ $labels.namespace }} on container {{ $labels.container}} has been in waiting state for longer than 1 hour. (reason: "{{ $labels.reason }}").',
               summary: 'Pod container waiting longer than 1 hour',
             },
             'for': '1h',
diff --git a/alerts/resource_alerts.libsonnet b/alerts/resource_alerts.libsonnet
index 04a8e3a00..a8a355f76 100644
--- a/alerts/resource_alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/alerts/resource_alerts.libsonnet
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@
           {
             alert: 'CPUThrottlingHigh',
             expr: |||
-              sum(increase(container_cpu_cfs_throttled_periods_total{container!="", %(cpuThrottlingSelector)s}[5m])) by (%(clusterLabel)s, container, pod, namespace)
+              sum(increase(container_cpu_cfs_throttled_periods_total{container!="", %(cadvisorSelector)s, %(cpuThrottlingSelector)s}[5m])) without (id, metrics_path, name, image, endpoint, job, node)
                 /
-              sum(increase(container_cpu_cfs_periods_total{%(cpuThrottlingSelector)s}[5m])) by (%(clusterLabel)s, container, pod, namespace)
+              sum(increase(container_cpu_cfs_periods_total{%(cadvisorSelector)s, %(cpuThrottlingSelector)s}[5m])) without (id, metrics_path, name, image, endpoint, job, node)
                 > ( %(cpuThrottlingPercent)s / 100 )
             ||| % $._config,
             'for': '15m',