diff --git a/src/data/zwave_js.ts b/src/data/zwave_js.ts
index fd5ee1b4c20e..e1744d6ec858 100644
--- a/src/data/zwave_js.ts
+++ b/src/data/zwave_js.ts
@@ -219,8 +219,9 @@ export interface ZwaveJSNodeMetadata {
   device_database_url: string;
 }
 
-export interface ZwaveJSNodeComments {
+export interface ZwaveJSNodeAlerts {
   comments: ZWaveJSNodeComment[];
+  is_embedded: boolean | null;
 }
 
 export interface ZWaveJSNodeConfigParams {
@@ -601,12 +602,12 @@ export const fetchZwaveNodeMetadata = (
     device_id,
   });
 
-export const fetchZwaveNodeComments = (
+export const fetchZwaveNodeAlerts = (
   hass: HomeAssistant,
   device_id: string
-): Promise<ZwaveJSNodeComments> =>
+): Promise<ZwaveJSNodeAlerts> =>
   hass.callWS({
-    type: "zwave_js/node_comments",
+    type: "zwave_js/node_alerts",
     device_id,
   });
 
diff --git a/src/panels/config/devices/device-detail/integration-elements/zwave_js/device-alerts.ts b/src/panels/config/devices/device-detail/integration-elements/zwave_js/device-alerts.ts
index c7510dad68b6..b2a92735096f 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/devices/device-detail/integration-elements/zwave_js/device-alerts.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/devices/device-detail/integration-elements/zwave_js/device-alerts.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { DeviceRegistryEntry } from "../../../../../../data/device_registry";
-import { fetchZwaveNodeComments } from "../../../../../../data/zwave_js";
+import { fetchZwaveNodeAlerts } from "../../../../../../data/zwave_js";
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../../../../types";
 import { DeviceAlert } from "../../../ha-config-device-page";
 
@@ -7,14 +7,27 @@ export const getZwaveDeviceAlerts = async (
   hass: HomeAssistant,
   device: DeviceRegistryEntry
 ): Promise<DeviceAlert[]> => {
-  const nodeComments = await fetchZwaveNodeComments(hass, device.id);
+  const nodeAlerts = await fetchZwaveNodeAlerts(hass, device.id);
+  const deviceAlerts: DeviceAlert[] = [];
 
-  if (!nodeComments?.comments?.length) {
-    return [];
+  if (nodeAlerts?.is_embedded === false) {
+    deviceAlerts.push({
+      level: "info",
+      text: hass.localize(
+        "ui.panel.config.zwave_js.device_info.custom_device_config"
+      ),
+    });
   }
 
-  return nodeComments.comments.map((comment) => ({
-    level: comment.level,
-    text: comment.text,
-  }));
+  if (!nodeAlerts?.comments?.length) {
+    return deviceAlerts;
+  }
+
+  deviceAlerts.push(
+    ...nodeAlerts.comments.map((comment) => ({
+      level: comment.level,
+      text: comment.text,
+    }))
+  );
+  return deviceAlerts;
 };
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 21ffaa7549fa..8392b17f2f7c 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -4064,7 +4064,8 @@
             "unknown": "Unknown",
             "zwave_plus": "Z-Wave Plus",
             "zwave_plus_version": "Version {version}",
-            "node_statistics": "Statistics"
+            "node_statistics": "Statistics",
+            "custom_device_config": "This device is using a custom device config file not provided by Z-Wave JS. If you want to use the default device config provided by Z-Wave JS, you must remove the custom device config file from the folder that Z-Wave JS is reading from."
           },
           "hard_reset_controller": {
             "NotStarted": {