diff --git a/i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py b/i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py
index efd4bda..04f05e8 100644
--- a/i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py
+++ b/i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 from i3pystatus.core.command import run_through_shell
 from i3pystatus.updates import Backend
-from re import split
+from re import split, sub
 
 
 class Dnf(Backend):
     """
-    Gets update count for RPM-based distributions with dnf.
+    Gets updates for RPM-based distributions with `dnf check-update`.
+
+    The notification body consists of the status line followed by the package
+    name and version for each update.
 
     https://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/command_ref.html#check-update-command
     """
@@ -14,12 +17,14 @@ class Dnf(Backend):
     def updates(self):
         command = ["dnf", "check-update"]
         dnf = run_through_shell(command)
+        raw = dnf.out
 
         update_count = 0
         if dnf.rc == 100:
-            lines = dnf.out.splitlines()[2:]
+            lines = raw.splitlines()[2:]
             lines = [l for l in lines if len(split("\s{2,}", l.rstrip())) == 3]
             update_count = len(lines)
-        return update_count
+        notif_body = sub(r"(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+\S+\s*\n", r"\1: \2\n", raw)
+        return update_count, notif_body
 
 Backend = Dnf