diff --git a/homeassistant/components/switch/hikvisioncam.py b/homeassistant/components/switch/hikvisioncam.py
index 3c85cfce640..af9c4c6ad40 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/switch/hikvisioncam.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/switch/hikvisioncam.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ switch you will need to add something like the
 following to your config/configuration.yaml
 
 switch:
-    platform: hikvision
+    platform: hikvisioncam
     name: Hikvision Cam 1 Motion Detection
     host: 192.168.1.26
     username: YOUR_USERNAME