diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 35a6062..0205827 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.6.0] - 2022-05-27
+### Added
+- Added `notification_prefix` and `notification_suffix` to configuration options
+- Linked to docs/usage.md in README
+
+### Changed
+- Refactored `Patches::Notifier`
+- `Patches::Notifier.append_tenant_message` effectively replaced by `tenant_suffix`
+
 ## [3.5.0] - 2020-07-22
 ### Added
 - Enable application version constraint support on `Patches::TenantWorker`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ba9c4d..9820f08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ A simple gem for one off tasks
 
 ## Version 2.0
 
-Please note the breaking change release around deployment. See docs/usage.md for the full change.
+Please note the breaking change release around deployment. See [docs/usage.md](docs/usage.md) for the full change.
 
 TL;DR You need to manually declare the patches task to run in your deploy.rb
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Or install it yourself as:
 
 ## Usage
 
-see `docs/usage.md`
+see [docs/usage.md](docs/usage.md)
 
 ## Development
 
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 6cd8bf4..7ccc040 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ Patches::Config.configure do |config|
 end
 ```
 
+Additionally, you can override the default prefix and suffix of the
+notification message in the patches config:
+
+```ruby
+  # for example
+  config.notification_prefix = "#{Tenant.current.name}-#{Rails.env}"  # => [READYTECH-STAGING]
+  config.notification_suffix = Tenant.current.name  # => ... patches succeeded for Readytech
+```
+
 ### Running patches in parallel for tenants
 
 If you are using the Apartment gem, you can run the patches for each tenant in parallel.
diff --git a/lib/patches/config.rb b/lib/patches/config.rb
index c307898..4a08776 100644
--- a/lib/patches/config.rb
+++ b/lib/patches/config.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def configure
       class Configuration
         attr_accessor \
           :application_version,
+          :notification_prefix,
+          :notification_suffix,
           :retry_after_version_mismatch_in,
           :sidekiq_options,
           :sidekiq_parallel,
diff --git a/lib/patches/notifier.rb b/lib/patches/notifier.rb
index 2f84bc1..f2ec0ef 100644
--- a/lib/patches/notifier.rb
+++ b/lib/patches/notifier.rb
@@ -11,23 +11,32 @@ def notify_failure(patch_path, error)
     end
 
     def success_message(patches)
-      message = "#{environment_prefix}#{patches.count} patches succeeded"
-      append_tenant_message(message)
+      message(patches.count, "patches succeeded")
     end
 
     def failure_message(patch_path, error)
-      details = "#{Pathname.new(patch_path).basename} failed with error: #{error}"
-      message = "#{environment_prefix}Error applying patch: #{details}"
-      append_tenant_message(message)
+      message("Error applying patch:", Pathname.new(patch_path).basename, "failed with error:", error)
+    end
+
+    def message(*args)
+      [notification_prefix, *args, notification_suffix].compact.join(" ")
+    end
+
+    def notification_prefix
+      prefix = config.notification_prefix.presence || environment_prefix
+      "[#{prefix}]" if prefix.present?
     end
 
     def environment_prefix
-      "[#{Rails.env.upcase}] " if defined?(Rails)
+      Rails.env.upcase if defined?(Rails)
+    end
+
+    def notification_suffix
+      config.notification_suffix.presence || tenant_suffix
     end
 
-    def append_tenant_message(message)
-      message = message + " for tenant: #{Apartment::Tenant.current}" if defined?(Apartment)
-      message
+    def tenant_suffix
+      "for tenant: #{Apartment::Tenant.current}" if defined?(Apartment)
     end
 
     def send_slack_message(message, color)
diff --git a/lib/patches/version.rb b/lib/patches/version.rb
index 38b94bc..00a4729 100644
--- a/lib/patches/version.rb
+++ b/lib/patches/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Patches
   MAJOR = 3
-  MINOR = 5
+  MINOR = 6
   PATCH = 0
   VERSION = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH].compact.join(".").freeze
 end
diff --git a/spec/notifier_spec.rb b/spec/notifier_spec.rb
index c50a71e..5a1f8a5 100644
--- a/spec/notifier_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/notifier_spec.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,173 @@
   let(:notifier) { described_class }
   let(:message)  { 'This is a message' }
 
-  describe '#send_slack_message' do
-    let(:options)  { 'good' }
+  let(:dummy_tenant_class) do
+    Class.new do
+      def self.current
+        "generic tenant"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  before do
+    stub_const("Apartment::Tenant", dummy_tenant_class)
+    Patches::Config.configuration = nil
+  end
+
+  describe ".notify_success" do
+    subject { notifier.notify_success(patches) }
+
+    let(:patches) { %w(one two three) }
+    let(:message) { "[DEVELOPMENT] 3 patches succeeded for tenant: generic tenant" }
+
+    before do
+      allow(notifier).to receive(:send_slack_message)
+    end
+
+    it "sends successful slack message" do
+      subject
+      expect(notifier).to have_received(:send_slack_message).with(message, "good")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".notify_failure" do
+    subject { notifier.notify_failure(patch_path, error) }
+
+    let(:patch_path) { "/path/to/my_special_patch.rb" }
+    let(:error) { "Something crazy" }
+    let(:message) { "[DEVELOPMENT] Error applying patch: my_special_patch.rb failed with error: Something crazy for tenant: generic tenant" }
+
+    before do
+      allow(notifier).to receive(:send_slack_message)
+    end
+
+    it "sends failure slack message" do
+      subject
+      expect(notifier).to have_received(:send_slack_message).with(message, "danger")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".success_message" do
+    subject { notifier.success_message(patches) }
+
+    let(:patches) { %w(one two three) }
+    let(:message) { "[DEVELOPMENT] 3 patches succeeded for tenant: generic tenant" }
+
+    it "generates success message" do
+      expect(subject).to eq(message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".failure_message" do
+    subject { notifier.failure_message(patch_path, error) }
+
+    let(:patch_path) { "/path/to/my_special_patch.rb" }
+    let(:error) { "Something crazy" }
+    let(:message) { "[DEVELOPMENT] Error applying patch: my_special_patch.rb failed with error: Something crazy for tenant: generic tenant" }
+
+    it "generates failure message" do
+      expect(subject).to eq(message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".message" do
+    subject { notifier.message(arg_1, arg_2, agr_3) }
+
+    let(:arg_1) { "This" }
+    let(:arg_2) { "is a" }
+    let(:agr_3) { "message" }
+
+    before do
+      allow(notifier).to receive(:notification_prefix).and_return(notification_prefix)
+      allow(notifier).to receive(:notification_suffix).and_return(notification_suffix)
+    end
+
+    context "without notification_prefix" do
+      let(:notification_prefix) { nil }
+      let(:notification_suffix) { "[SUFFIX]" }
+
+      it "joins all elements except the prefix" do
+        expect(subject).to eq("This is a message [SUFFIX]")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "without notification_suffix" do
+      let(:notification_prefix) { "[PREFIX]" }
+      let(:notification_suffix) { nil }
+
+      it "joins all elements except the suffix" do
+        expect(subject).to eq("[PREFIX] This is a message")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with notification_prefix and notification_suffix" do
+      let(:notification_prefix) { "[PREFIX]" }
+      let(:notification_suffix) { "[SUFFIX]" }
+
+      it "joins all elements" do
+        expect(subject).to eq("[PREFIX] This is a message [SUFFIX]")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".notification_prefix" do
+    subject { notifier.notification_prefix }
+
+    before do
+      Patches::Config.configure do |config|
+        config.notification_prefix = notification_prefix
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "where notification_prefix config specified" do
+      let(:notification_prefix) { "Explicit Prefix" }
+
+      it "is that prefix" do
+        expect(subject).to eq("[Explicit Prefix]")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "where notification_prefix config not specified" do
+      let(:notification_prefix) { nil }
+
+      it "defaults to Rails.env" do
+        expect(subject).to eq("[DEVELOPMENT]")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".notification_suffix" do
+    subject { notifier.notification_suffix }
+
+    before do
+      Patches::Config.configure do |config|
+        config.notification_suffix = notification_suffix
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "where notification_suffix config specified" do
+      let(:notification_suffix) { "Explicit suffix" }
+
+      it "is that suffix" do
+        expect(subject).to eq("Explicit suffix")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "where notification_suffix config not specified" do
+      let(:notification_suffix) { nil }
+
+      it "defaults to tenant suffix" do
+        expect(subject).to eq("for tenant: generic tenant")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.send_slack_message' do
     subject { notifier.send_slack_message(message, options) }
 
+    let(:options)  { 'good' }
+
     before do
-      Patches::Config.configuration = nil
       Patches::Config.configure do |config|
         config.use_slack = use_slack
         config.slack_options = {
diff --git a/spec/runner_spec.rb b/spec/runner_spec.rb
index 9eb62b2..8c37f15 100644
--- a/spec/runner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/runner_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         expect(Patches::Notifier).to receive(:notify_failure)
         expect {
           Patches::Runner.new.perform
-        }.to raise_error
+        }.to raise_error(RuntimeError)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/tenant_runner_spec.rb b/spec/tenant_runner_spec.rb
index cdba9c2..c456732 100644
--- a/spec/tenant_runner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/tenant_runner_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module Tenant
   let(:application_version) { 'd8f190c' }
 
   before do
+    Patches::Config.configuration = nil
     Sidekiq::Testing.fake!
     allow(Patches).to receive(:default_path).and_return('')
     allow(Patches::Config.configuration).to receive(:application_version) { application_version }