diff --git a/homeassistant/components/notify/file.py b/homeassistant/components/notify/file.py
index f2fd66d4202..3fe6d555524 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/notify/file.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/notify/file.py
@@ -3,26 +3,6 @@ homeassistant.components.notify.file
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 File notification service.
 
-Configuration:
-
-To use the File notifier you will need to add something like the following
-to your configuration.yaml file.
-
-notify:
-  platform: file
-  filename: FILENAME
-  timestamp: 1 or 0
-
-Variables:
-
-filename
-*Required
-
-
-timestamp
-*Required
-Add a timestamp to the entry, valid entries are 1 or 0.
-
 For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
 https://home-assistant.io/components/notify.file.html
 """