diff --git a/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/README.md b/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/README.md
index 0156411..99f8b2d 100644
--- a/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/README.md
+++ b/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_alarm_actions"></a> [alarm\_actions](#input\_alarm\_actions) | The list of actions to execute when this alarm transitions into an ALARM state from any other state. Each action is specified as an Amazon Resource Name (ARN). | `list(string)` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_alarm_description"></a> [alarm\_description](#input\_alarm\_description) | The description for the alarm. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_alarm_name"></a> [alarm\_name](#input\_alarm\_name) | The descriptive name for the alarm. This name must be unique within the user's AWS account. | `string` | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_alarm_name_delimiter"></a> [alarm\_name\_delimiter](#input\_alarm\_name\_delimiter) | Delimiter between alarm name and dimension key. Use dash or underscore for pretty alert names. | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_comparison_operator"></a> [comparison\_operator](#input\_comparison\_operator) | The arithmetic operation to use when comparing the specified Statistic and Threshold. The specified Statistic value is used as the first operand. Either of the following is supported: GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold, GreaterThanThreshold, LessThanThreshold, LessThanOrEqualToThreshold. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_create_metric_alarm"></a> [create\_metric\_alarm](#input\_create\_metric\_alarm) | Whether to create the Cloudwatch metric alarm | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_datapoints_to_alarm"></a> [datapoints\_to\_alarm](#input\_datapoints\_to\_alarm) | The number of datapoints that must be breaching to trigger the alarm. | `number` | `null` | no |
diff --git a/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/main.tf b/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/main.tf
index 8213034..d46b3a5 100644
--- a/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/main.tf
+++ b/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/main.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "this" {
   for_each = { for k, v in var.dimensions : k => v if var.create_metric_alarm }
 
-  alarm_name        = format("%s%s", var.alarm_name, each.key)
+  alarm_name        = format("%s%s%s", var.alarm_name, var.alarm_name_delimiter, each.key)
   alarm_description = var.alarm_description
   actions_enabled   = var.actions_enabled
 
diff --git a/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/variables.tf b/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/variables.tf
index f038797..b818a2a 100644
--- a/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/variables.tf
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ variable "alarm_name" {
   type        = string
 }
 
+variable "alarm_name_delimiter" {
+  description = "Delimiter between alarm name and dimension key. Use dash or underscore for pretty alert names."
+  type        = string
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 variable "alarm_description" {
   description = "The description for the alarm."
   type        = string
diff --git a/wrappers/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/main.tf b/wrappers/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/main.tf
index c064f60..27a81e9 100644
--- a/wrappers/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/main.tf
+++ b/wrappers/metric-alarms-by-multiple-dimensions/main.tf
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module "wrapper" {
 
   create_metric_alarm                   = try(each.value.create_metric_alarm, var.defaults.create_metric_alarm, true)
   alarm_name                            = try(each.value.alarm_name, var.defaults.alarm_name)
+  alarm_name_delimiter                  = try(each.value.alarm_name_delimiter, var.defaults.alarm_name_delimiter, "")
   alarm_description                     = try(each.value.alarm_description, var.defaults.alarm_description, null)
   comparison_operator                   = try(each.value.comparison_operator, var.defaults.comparison_operator)
   evaluation_periods                    = try(each.value.evaluation_periods, var.defaults.evaluation_periods)