diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/reolink/strings.json
index 5a27f0e38cb..04b46323e11 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/reolink/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/strings.json
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
           "password": "[%key:common::config_flow::data::password%]"
         },
         "data_description": {
-          "host": "The hostname or IP address of your Reolink device. For example: '192.168.1.25'."
+          "host": "The hostname or IP address of your Reolink device. For example: '192.168.1.25'.",
+          "port": "The port to connect to the Reolink device. For HTTP normally: '80', for HTTPS normally '443'.",
+          "use_https": "Use a HTTPS (SSL) connection to the Reolink device.",
+          "username": "Username to login to the Reolink device itself. Not the Reolink cloud account.",
+          "password": "Password to login to the Reolink device itself. Not the Reolink cloud account."
         }
       },
       "reauth_confirm": {
@@ -38,6 +42,9 @@
       "init": {
         "data": {
           "protocol": "Protocol"
+        },
+        "data_description": {
+          "protocol": "Streaming protocol to use for the camera entities. RTSP supports 4K streams (h265 encoding) while RTMP and FLV do not. FLV is the least demanding on the camera."
         }
       }
     }