diff --git a/xml/alerts-2.10.rng b/xml/alerts-2.10.rng
index 89f12e8140..ca3cdf86c1 100644
--- a/xml/alerts-2.10.rng
+++ b/xml/alerts-2.10.rng
@@ -1,49 +1,82 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0" 
          datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
   <start>
       <ref name="element-alerts"/>
   </start>
 
   <define name="element-alerts">
     <optional>
     <element name="alerts">
       <zeroOrMore>
         <element name="alert">
           <attribute name="id"><data type="ID"/></attribute>
           <optional>
             <attribute name="description"><text/></attribute>
           </optional>
           <!-- path to the script called for alert -->
           <attribute name="path"><text/></attribute>
-          <ref name="element-alert-extra"/>
-          <zeroOrMore>
-            <element name="recipient">
-              <attribute name="id"><data type="ID"/></attribute>
-              <optional>
-                <attribute name="description"><text/></attribute>
-              </optional>
-              <attribute name="value"><text/></attribute>
-              <ref name="element-alert-extra"/>
-            </element>
-          </zeroOrMore>
+          <interleave>
+            <ref name="element-alert-extra"/>
+            <optional>
+              <element name="select">
+                <interleave>
+                  <optional>
+                    <element name="select_attributes">
+                      <zeroOrMore>
+                        <element name="attribute">
+                          <attribute name="id"><data type="ID"/></attribute>
+                          <attribute name="name"><text/></attribute>
+                        </element>
+                      </zeroOrMore>
+                    </element>
+                  </optional>
+                  <optional>
+                    <element name="select_fencing">
+                      <empty/>
+                    </element>
+                  </optional>
+                  <optional>
+                    <element name="select_nodes">
+                      <empty/>
+                    </element>
+                  </optional>
+                  <optional>
+                    <element name="select_resources">
+                      <empty/>
+                    </element>
+                  </optional>
+                </interleave>
+              </element>
+            </optional>
+            <zeroOrMore>
+              <element name="recipient">
+                <attribute name="id"><data type="ID"/></attribute>
+                <optional>
+                  <attribute name="description"><text/></attribute>
+                </optional>
+                <attribute name="value"><text/></attribute>
+                <ref name="element-alert-extra"/>
+              </element>
+            </zeroOrMore>
+          </interleave>
         </element>
       </zeroOrMore>
     </element>
     </optional>
   </define>
 
   <define name="element-alert-extra">
       <zeroOrMore>
         <choice>
           <element name="meta_attributes">
             <externalRef href="nvset-2.9.rng"/>
           </element>
           <element name="instance_attributes">
             <externalRef href="nvset-2.9.rng"/>
           </element>
         </choice>
       </zeroOrMore>
   </define>
 
 </grammar>