diff --git a/engine/apps/slack/scenarios/paging.py b/engine/apps/slack/scenarios/paging.py
index f831510db..7d18cee87 100644
--- a/engine/apps/slack/scenarios/paging.py
+++ b/engine/apps/slack/scenarios/paging.py
@@ -840,24 +840,26 @@ def _get_team_select_blocks(
 
     blocks.extend(
         [
+            team_severity_checkboxes_element,
             typing.cast(
                 Block.Context,
                 {
+                    # NOTE: we add this here instead of as a checkbox option description because those can only
+                    # be defined as plain text (ie. not markdown where links are supported)
                     "type": "context",
                     "elements": [
                         {
                             "type": "mrkdwn",
                             "text": (
-                                "Check the following box if you would like to escalate to this team as an 'important' "
-                                "escalation. This will set a `payload.oncall.important` attribute in the alert to `true`. "
-                                "Teams can configure their Direct Paging Integration to route to different escalation chains "
-                                "based on this. <https://grafana.com/docs/oncall/latest/integrations/manual/#important-escalations|Learn more>"
+                                "Check the above box if you would like to escalate to this team as an 'important' "
+                                "escalation. Teams can configure their Direct Paging Integration to route to different "
+                                "escalation chains based on this. "
+                                "<https://grafana.com/docs/oncall/latest/integrations/manual/#important-escalations|Learn more>"
                             ),
                         },
                     ],
                 },
             ),
-            team_severity_checkboxes_element,
         ]
     )
 
diff --git a/engine/apps/slack/tests/scenario_steps/test_paging.py b/engine/apps/slack/tests/scenario_steps/test_paging.py
index ec852150a..e0800ee28 100644
--- a/engine/apps/slack/tests/scenario_steps/test_paging.py
+++ b/engine/apps/slack/tests/scenario_steps/test_paging.py
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def _setup_direct_paging_integration(team):
     )
 
     assert len(blocks) == 4
-    input_block, context_block, team_severity_context_block, team_severity_checkboxes = blocks
+    input_block, context_block, team_severity_checkboxes, team_severity_context_block = blocks
 
     team_severity_important_checkbox_option = {
         "text": {
@@ -566,10 +566,10 @@ def _sort_team_options(options):
     )
 
     assert team_severity_context_block["elements"][0]["text"] == (
-        "Check the following box if you would like to escalate to this team as an 'important' "
-        "escalation. This will set a `payload.oncall.important` attribute in the alert to `true`. "
-        "Teams can configure their Direct Paging Integration to route to different escalation chains "
-        "based on this. <https://grafana.com/docs/oncall/latest/integrations/manual/#important-escalations|Learn more>"
+        "Check the above box if you would like to escalate to this team as an 'important' "
+        "escalation. Teams can configure their Direct Paging Integration to route to different "
+        "escalation chains based on this. "
+        "<https://grafana.com/docs/oncall/latest/integrations/manual/#important-escalations|Learn more>"
     )
     assert team_severity_checkboxes["accessory"]["type"] == "checkboxes"
     assert team_severity_checkboxes["accessory"]["options"] == [team_severity_important_checkbox_option]