diff --git a/exercises/alphametics/.meta/template.j2 b/exercises/alphametics/.meta/template.j2
index 1f008566d5a..f73edb126cd 100644
--- a/exercises/alphametics/.meta/template.j2
+++ b/exercises/alphametics/.meta/template.j2
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@
 class {{ exercise | camel_case }}Test(unittest.TestCase):
     {% for case in cases[0]["cases"] -%}
     {% set description = case["description"] | to_snake -%}
+    {% set testdef = "def test_" ~ description ~ "(self):" -%}
     {% set value = case["input"]["puzzle"] -%}
-    {% if value|length > 100 -%}
-    # Reason to skip this test at https://github.com/exercism/python/pull/1358
+    {% set long_test = value|length > 100 -%}
+    {% if long_test -%}
+    # See https://github.com/exercism/python/pull/1358
     @unittest.skip("extra-credit")
-    {% endif %}
-    def test_{{ description }}(self):
+    {{ testdef }}
+        """This test may take a long time to run. Please be patient when running it."""
+    {%- else %}
+    {{ testdef }}
+    {%- endif %}
         {% set expected = case["expected"] -%}
-        {% if value|length > 100 -%}
+        {% if long_test -%}
         {% for line in value | wrap_overlong(width=62) -%}
         {% if loop.index == 1 -%}
         puzzle = {{ line }}
diff --git a/exercises/alphametics/alphametics_test.py b/exercises/alphametics/alphametics_test.py
index 3bcec12a837..9b1003efb91 100644
--- a/exercises/alphametics/alphametics_test.py
+++ b/exercises/alphametics/alphametics_test.py
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ def test_puzzle_with_ten_letters(self):
             },
         )
 
-    # Reason to skip this test at https://github.com/exercism/python/pull/1358
+    # See https://github.com/exercism/python/pull/1358
     @unittest.skip("extra-credit")
     def test_puzzle_with_ten_letters_and_199_addends(self):
+        """This test may take a long time to run. Please be patient when running it."""
         puzzle = (
             "THIS + A + FIRE + THEREFORE + FOR + ALL + HISTORIES + I + TELL"
             "+ A + TALE + THAT + FALSIFIES + ITS + TITLE + TIS + A + LIE +"