diff --git a/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/_utils.py b/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/_utils.py
index 22919266da..f1a5a1a560 100644
--- a/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/_utils.py
+++ b/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/_utils.py
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 import arrow
 import discord
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
-from discord.ext.commands import Context
+from discord.ext.commands import Bot, Context
 from pydis_core.site_api import ResponseCodeError
 
 import bot
-from bot.constants import Categories, Colours, Icons
+from bot.constants import Categories, Channels, Colours, Icons
 from bot.converters import DurationOrExpiry, MemberOrUser
 from bot.errors import InvalidInfractedUserError
 from bot.log import get_logger
 from bot.utils import time
-from bot.utils.channel import is_in_category
+from bot.utils.channel import is_in_category, is_mod_channel
 from bot.utils.time import unpack_duration
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@
 
 
 MAXIMUM_TIMEOUT_DAYS = datetime.timedelta(days=28)
+TIMEOUT_CAP_MESSAGE = (
+    f"The timeout for {{0}} can't be longer than {MAXIMUM_TIMEOUT_DAYS.days} days."
+    " I'll pretend that's what you meant."
+)
+
 
 async def post_user(ctx: Context, user: MemberOrUser) -> dict | None:
     """
@@ -319,3 +324,13 @@ def cap_timeout_duration(duration: datetime.datetime | relativedelta) -> tuple[b
         # Duration cap is exclusive. This is to still allow specifying "28d".
         duration -= datetime.timedelta(minutes=1)
     return capped, duration
+
+
+async def notify_timeout_cap(bot: Bot, ctx: Context, user: discord.Member) -> None:
+    """Notifies moderators about a timeout duration being capped."""
+    cap_message_for_user = TIMEOUT_CAP_MESSAGE.format(user.mention)
+    if is_mod_channel(ctx.channel):
+        await ctx.reply(f":warning: {cap_message_for_user}")
+    else:
+        await bot.get_channel(Channels.mods).send(
+            f":warning: {ctx.author.mention} {cap_message_for_user}")
diff --git a/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/infractions.py b/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/infractions.py
index 4ea37f8401..9e94738039 100644
--- a/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/infractions.py
+++ b/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/infractions.py
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
 
 from bot import constants
 from bot.bot import Bot
-from bot.constants import Channels, Event
+from bot.constants import Event
 from bot.converters import Age, Duration, DurationOrExpiry, MemberOrUser, UnambiguousMemberOrUser
 from bot.decorators import ensure_future_timestamp, respect_role_hierarchy
 from bot.exts.moderation.infraction import _utils
 from bot.exts.moderation.infraction._scheduler import InfractionScheduler
 from bot.log import get_logger
-from bot.utils.channel import is_mod_channel
 from bot.utils.messages import format_user
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -46,12 +45,6 @@
     "this message to appeal your ban."
 )
 COMP_BAN_DURATION = timedelta(days=4)
-# Timeout
-MAXIMUM_TIMEOUT_DAYS = timedelta(days=28)
-TIMEOUT_CAP_MESSAGE = (
-    f"The timeout for {{0}} can't be longer than {MAXIMUM_TIMEOUT_DAYS.days} days."
-    " I'll pretend that's what you meant."
-)
 
 
 class Infractions(InfractionScheduler, commands.Cog):
@@ -232,13 +225,7 @@ async def timeout(
         else:
             capped, duration = _utils.cap_timeout_duration(duration)
             if capped:
-                cap_message_for_user = TIMEOUT_CAP_MESSAGE.format(user.mention)
-                if is_mod_channel(ctx.channel):
-                    await ctx.reply(f":warning: {cap_message_for_user}")
-                else:
-                    await self.bot.get_channel(Channels.mods).send(
-                        f":warning: {ctx.author.mention} {cap_message_for_user}"
-                    )
+                await _utils.notify_timeout_cap(self.bot, ctx, user)
 
         await self.apply_timeout(ctx, user, reason, duration_or_expiry=duration)
 
diff --git a/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/management.py b/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/management.py
index e5216cac97..ac228d8a24 100644
--- a/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/management.py
+++ b/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/management.py
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ async def infraction_edit(
                 self.infractions_cog.schedule_expiration(new_infraction)
                 # Timeouts are handled by Discord itself, so we need to edit the expiry in Discord as well
                 if user and infraction["type"] == "timeout":
-                    _, duration = _utils.cap_timeout_duration(expiry)
+                    capped, duration = _utils.cap_timeout_duration(expiry)
+                    if capped:
+                        await _utils.notify_timeout_cap(self.bot, ctx, user)
                     await user.edit(reason=reason, timed_out_until=expiry)
 
             log_text += f"""