diff --git a/horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.messages.js b/horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.messages.js
index f23b38b547..56403240ee 100644
--- a/horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.messages.js
+++ b/horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.messages.js
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ horizon.alert = function (type, message, extra_tags) {
     params = {
       "type": type,
       "type_display": {
-        'danger': gettext("Danger"),
-        'warning': gettext("Warning"),
-        'info': gettext("Notice"),
-        'success': gettext("Success"),
-        'error': gettext("Error")
+        'danger': gettext("Danger: "),
+        'warning': gettext("Warning: "),
+        'info': gettext("Notice: "),
+        'success': gettext("Success: "),
+        'error': gettext("Error: ")
       }[type],
       "message": message,
       "safe": safe
diff --git a/horizon/templates/horizon/client_side/_alert_message.html b/horizon/templates/horizon/client_side/_alert_message.html
index 1c4f66045b..37c151a115 100644
--- a/horizon/templates/horizon/client_side/_alert_message.html
+++ b/horizon/templates/horizon/client_side/_alert_message.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <div class="alert alert-block fade in alert-[[type]]">
   <a class="close" data-dismiss="alert" href="#">&times;</a>
   <p>
-    <strong>[[type_display]]: </strong>
+    <strong>[[type_display]]</strong>
     [[#safe]]
       [[[message]]]
     [[/safe]]