diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/util/destinationmigration/NotificationApiUtils.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/util/destinationmigration/NotificationApiUtils.kt
index 489aa59d6..ed8bd8fcb 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/util/destinationmigration/NotificationApiUtils.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/util/destinationmigration/NotificationApiUtils.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.opensearch.commons.notifications.action.LegacyPublishNotificationRequ
 import org.opensearch.commons.notifications.action.LegacyPublishNotificationResponse
 import org.opensearch.commons.notifications.action.SendNotificationResponse
 import org.opensearch.commons.notifications.model.ChannelMessage
+import org.opensearch.commons.notifications.model.ConfigType
 import org.opensearch.commons.notifications.model.EventSource
 import org.opensearch.commons.notifications.model.NotificationConfigInfo
 import org.opensearch.commons.notifications.model.SeverityType
@@ -136,12 +137,14 @@ suspend fun NotificationConfigInfo.sendNotification(client: Client, title: Strin
 }
 
 /**
- * A placeholder Alerting title will be used if no subject is passed in.
+ * For most channel types, a placeholder Alerting title will be used but the email channel/SNS notification will
+ * use the subject, so it appears as the actual subject of the email/SNS notification.
  */
 fun NotificationConfigInfo.getTitle(subject: String?): String {
     val defaultTitle = "Alerting-Notification Action"
-    return if (subject.isNullOrEmpty()) defaultTitle else subject
-}
+    if (this.notificationConfig.configType == ConfigType.EMAIL || this.notificationConfig.configType == ConfigType.SNS) {
+        return if (subject.isNullOrEmpty()) defaultTitle else subject
+    }
 
 /**
  * All valid response statuses.