diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0991cb2..d37b48d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ can configure this value by setting the environment variable ``AUTO_NOTIFY_THRES
     # Set threshold to 20seconds
     export AUTO_NOTIFY_THRESHOLD=20
 
+**Notification Formatting**
+
+You can change the formatting of notifications by setting the values for ``AUTO_NOTIFY_TITLE`` and
+``AUTO_NOTIFY_BODY``. When writing these values, the following variables will be replaced according to
+the data that ``auto-notify`` has detected:
+
+* `%command` - the command that the user executed
+* `%elapsed` - number of seconds that elapsed
+* `%exit_code` - the exit code of the command that was executed
+
+An example of how these values can be set is shown below:
+
+::
+    export AUTO_NOTIFY_TITLE="Hey! %command has just finished"
+    export AUTO_NOTIFY_BODY="It completed in %elapsed seconds with exit code %exit_code"
 
 **Notification Expiration Time**
 
diff --git a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
index 7487ebf..5b57d64 100644
--- a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
+++ b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
@@ -9,26 +9,43 @@ export AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE=(
     "vim" "nvim" "less" "more" "man" "tig" "watch" "git commit" "top" "htop" "ssh" "nano"
 )
 
+function _auto_notify_format() {
+    local MESSAGE="$1"
+    local command="$2"
+    local elapsed="$3"
+    local exit_code="$4"
+    MESSAGE="${MESSAGE//\%command/$command}"
+    MESSAGE="${MESSAGE//\%elapsed/$elapsed}"
+    MESSAGE="${MESSAGE//\%exit_code/$exit_code}"
+    printf "%s" "$MESSAGE"
+}
+
 function _auto_notify_message() {
     local command="$1"
     local elapsed="$2"
     local exit_code="$3"
     local platform="$(uname)"
     # Run using echo -e in order to make sure notify-send picks up new line
-    local title="\"$command\" Completed"
-    local text="$(echo -e "Total time: $elapsed seconds\nExit code: $exit_code")"
+    local DEFAULT_TITLE="\"%command\" Completed"
+    local DEFAULT_BODY="$(echo -e "Total time: %elapsed seconds\nExit code: %exit_code")"
+
+    local title="${AUTO_NOTIFY_TITLE:-$DEFAULT_TITLE}"
+    local text="${AUTO_NOTIFY_BODY:-$DEFAULT_BODY}"
+
+    title="$(_auto_notify_format "$title" "$command" "$elapsed" "$exit_code")"
+    body="$(_auto_notify_format "$text" "$command" "$elapsed" "$exit_code")"
 
     if [[ "$platform" == "Linux" ]]; then
         local urgency="normal"
         if [[ "$exit_code" != "0" ]]; then
             urgency="critical"
         fi
-        notify-send "$title" "$text" "--urgency=$urgency" "--expire-time=$AUTO_NOTIFY_EXPIRE_TIME"
+        notify-send "$title" "$body" "--urgency=$urgency" "--expire-time=$AUTO_NOTIFY_EXPIRE_TIME"
     elif [[ "$platform" == "Darwin" ]]; then
         # We need to escape quotes since we are passing a script into a command
-        text="${text//\"/\\\"}"
+        body="${body//\"/\\\"}"
         title="${title//\"/\\\"}"
-        osascript -e "display notification \"$text\" with title \"$title\""
+        osascript -e "display notification \"$body\" with title \"$title\""
     else
         printf "Unknown platform for sending notifications: $platform\n"
         printf "Please post an issue on gitub.com/MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify/issues/\n"
diff --git a/tests/test_auto_notify_format.zunit b/tests/test_auto_notify_format.zunit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..259238e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_auto_notify_format.zunit
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zunit
+
+@setup {
+    load "../auto-notify.plugin.zsh"
+}
+
+@test 'auto-notify-format no parameters' {
+    run _auto_notify_format "Hello World" "foo" "bar" "baz"
+
+    assert $state equals 0
+    assert "$output" same_as "Hello World"
+}
+
+@test 'auto-notify-format correct formatting 1' {
+    run _auto_notify_format "Command run is - %command (%elapsed seconds)" "zypper up" "10" "0"
+
+    assert $state equals 0
+    assert "$output" same_as "Command run is - zypper up (10 seconds)"
+}
+
+@test 'auto-notify-format correct formatting 2' {
+    run _auto_notify_format "Exit code is %exit_code!" "zypper up" "10" "-101"
+
+    assert $state equals 0
+    assert "$output" same_as "Exit code is -101!"
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_auto_notify_send.zunit b/tests/test_auto_notify_send.zunit
index 1cb14a2..2e0bb2c 100644
--- a/tests/test_auto_notify_send.zunit
+++ b/tests/test_auto_notify_send.zunit
@@ -126,3 +126,17 @@
     assert "$lines[1]" same_as "Unknown platform for sending notifications: Hal9000"
     assert "$lines[2]" same_as "Please post an issue on gitub.com/MichaelAquilina/zsh-auto-notify/issues/"
 }
+
+@test 'auto-notify-send sends custom message' {
+    AUTO_COMMAND="doom -i"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_FULL="doom -i"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_START=11055
+    AUTO_NOTIFY_TITLE="%command has completed in %elapseds yo"
+    AUTO_NOTIFY_BODY="%command exited with code %exit_code"
+
+    run _auto_notify_send
+
+    assert $state equals 0
+    assert "$lines[1]" same_as 'Notification Title: doom -i has completed in 45s yo'
+    assert "$lines[2]" same_as "Notification Body: doom -i exited with code 0"
+}