diff --git a/source/components/media_player.cast.markdown b/source/components/media_player.cast.markdown
index fc4d231bda5..9b499e34c95 100644
--- a/source/components/media_player.cast.markdown
+++ b/source/components/media_player.cast.markdown
@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@ footer: true
---
-Google Cast devices will be automatically discovered if you enable [the discovery component]({{site_root}}/components/discovery.html).
+Google Cast devices will be automatically discovered if you enable [the discovery component]({{site_root}}/components/discovery.html). There is a issue where Chromecasts can only be discovered if your device is connected to the same subnet as your Chromecast.
-Can also be forced to load by adding the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
+Chromecast platform can also be forced to load by adding the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
```
media_player:
platform: chromecast
+ # Optional. Will scan for devices if left out
+ host: 192.168.1.9
```
-
-
-Chromecasts have recently received a new API which is not yet supported by Home Assistant. Therefore we currently can only detect them and do not know what they are up to. -