diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/log_health_metrics.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/log_health_metrics.test.ts
index 28f9e02c4d4d9..4e17d64870a39 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/log_health_metrics.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/log_health_metrics.test.ts
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ describe('logHealthMetrics', () => {
     logHealthMetrics(health, logger, config);
 
     const debugCalls = (logger as jest.Mocked<Logger>).debug.mock.calls;
-    const performanceMessage = `Detected potential performance issue with Task Manager. Set 'xpack.task_manager.monitored_stats_health_verbose_log.enabled: true' in your Kibana.yml to enable debug logging`;
+    const performanceMessage = /^Task Manager detected a degradation in performance/;
     const lastStatsMessage = /^Latest Monitored Stats: \{.*\}$/;
     expect(debugCalls[0][0] as string).toMatch(lastStatsMessage);
     expect(debugCalls[1][0] as string).toMatch(lastStatsMessage);
-    expect(debugCalls[2][0] as string).toBe(performanceMessage);
+    expect(debugCalls[2][0] as string).toMatch(performanceMessage);
     expect(debugCalls[3][0] as string).toMatch(lastStatsMessage);
     expect(debugCalls[4][0] as string).toMatch(lastStatsMessage);
-    expect(debugCalls[5][0] as string).toBe(performanceMessage);
+    expect(debugCalls[5][0] as string).toMatch(performanceMessage);
   });
 
   it('should not log a warning message to enable verbose logging when the status goes from Warning to OK', () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/log_health_metrics.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/log_health_metrics.ts
index 1114b2861d3fa..8f9c676f5ea3f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/log_health_metrics.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/log_health_metrics.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export function logHealthMetrics(
   }
 
   const message = `Latest Monitored Stats: ${JSON.stringify(monitoredHealth)}`;
+  const detectedProblemMessage = `Task Manager detected a degradation in performance. This is usually temporary, and Kibana can recover automatically. If the problem persists, check the docs for troubleshooting information: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/task-manager-health-monitoring.html .`;
   if (enabled) {
     const driftInSeconds = (monitoredHealth.stats.runtime?.value.drift.p99 ?? 0) / 1000;
     if (
@@ -80,9 +81,7 @@ export function logHealthMetrics(
     // This is legacy support - we used to always show this
     logger.debug(message);
     if (logLevel !== LogLevel.Debug && lastLogLevel === LogLevel.Debug) {
-      logger.debug(
-        `Detected potential performance issue with Task Manager. Set 'xpack.task_manager.monitored_stats_health_verbose_log.enabled: true' in your Kibana.yml to enable debug logging`
-      );
+      logger.debug(detectedProblemMessage);
     }
   }