diff --git a/docs/pages/reference/cli/tctl.mdx b/docs/pages/reference/cli/tctl.mdx
index e0bdd3823f7c0..e562c81818624 100644
--- a/docs/pages/reference/cli/tctl.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/reference/cli/tctl.mdx
@@ -242,6 +242,15 @@ Lists cluster alerts. This command can also be invoked as `tctl alerts ls`.
 | `--verbose` (`-v`) | false |boolean | If set, display detailed alert info (including acknowledged alerts) |
 | `--labels` | none | Comma-separated strings | A list of labels to filter by |
 
+### Examples
+
+```code
+$ tctl alerts list
+ID                                   Severity Expires In Message
+------------------------------------ -------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------
+da36b401-5688-426f-95b8-d0dd1ef27785 LOW      57m0s      "The system is under maintenance, functionality may be limited."
+```
+
 ## tctl auth export
 
 Exports public cluster CA certificates. This is useful for configuring
diff --git a/tool/tctl/common/alert_command.go b/tool/tctl/common/alert_command.go
index 163ca10569ae1..30638816b49a5 100644
--- a/tool/tctl/common/alert_command.go
+++ b/tool/tctl/common/alert_command.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (c *AlertCommand) List(ctx context.Context, client *authclient.Client) erro
 
 func displayAlertsText(alerts []types.ClusterAlert, verbose bool) {
 	if verbose {
-		table := asciitable.MakeTable([]string{"ID", "Severity", "Message", "Created", "Labels"})
+		table := asciitable.MakeTable([]string{"ID", "Severity", "Expires In", "Message", "Created", "Labels"})
 		for _, alert := range alerts {
 			var labelPairs []string
 			for key, val := range alert.Metadata.Labels {
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ func displayAlertsText(alerts []types.ClusterAlert, verbose bool) {
 			table.AddRow([]string{
 				alert.GetName(),
 				alert.Spec.Severity.String(),
+				calculateTTL(alert.GetMetadata().Expires).String(),
 				fmt.Sprintf("%q", alert.Spec.Message),
 				alert.Spec.Created.Format(time.RFC822),
 				strings.Join(labelPairs, ", "),
@@ -223,14 +224,32 @@ func displayAlertsText(alerts []types.ClusterAlert, verbose bool) {
 		}
 		fmt.Println(table.AsBuffer().String())
 	} else {
-		table := asciitable.MakeTable([]string{"ID", "Severity", "Message"})
+		table := asciitable.MakeTable([]string{"ID", "Severity", "Expires In", "Message"})
 		for _, alert := range alerts {
-			table.AddRow([]string{alert.GetName(), alert.Spec.Severity.String(), fmt.Sprintf("%q", alert.Spec.Message)})
+			table.AddRow([]string{
+				alert.GetName(),
+				alert.Spec.Severity.String(),
+				calculateTTL(alert.GetMetadata().Expires).String(),
+				fmt.Sprintf("%q", alert.Spec.Message),
+			})
 		}
 		fmt.Println(table.AsBuffer().String())
 	}
 }
 
+// calculateTTL returns the remaining TTL of the alert.
+func calculateTTL(expiration *time.Time) time.Duration {
+	if expiration == nil {
+		return time.Duration(0)
+	}
+	remainingDuration := time.Until(*expiration)
+	if remainingDuration < 0 {
+		return time.Duration(0)
+	}
+
+	return remainingDuration.Round(time.Minute)
+}
+
 func displayAlertsJSON(alerts []types.ClusterAlert) error {
 	out, err := json.MarshalIndent(alerts, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {