diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8040133..351e811 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ require("various-textobjs").setup {
 
 	-- display notification if a text object is not found
 	notifyNotFound = true,
+
+	-- only relevant when using notification plugins like `nvim-notify`
+	notificationIcon = "󰠱"
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/lua/various-textobjs/utils.lua b/lua/various-textobjs/utils.lua
index 29760e1..74d9656 100644
--- a/lua/various-textobjs/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/various-textobjs/utils.lua
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ function M.notify(msg, level)
 		if not require("various-textobjs.config").config.notifyNotFound then return end
 		level = "warn"
 	end
-	vim.notify(msg, vim.log.levels[level:upper()], { title = "nvim-various-textobjs" })
+	local icon = require("various-textobjs.config").config.notificationIcon
+	vim.notify(msg, vim.log.levels[level:upper()], { title = "nvim-various-textobjs", icon = icon })
 end
 
 ---notification when no textobj could be found