diff --git a/source/_lovelace/entities.markdown b/source/_lovelace/entities.markdown
index d5f3ebcf7be..4dcb4ed2e46 100644
--- a/source/_lovelace/entities.markdown
+++ b/source/_lovelace/entities.markdown
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ theme:
 
 ## {% linkable_title Options For Entities %}
 
-If you define entities as objects instead of strings, you can add more customization and configuration:
+If you define entities as objects instead of strings (by adding `entity:` before entity ID), you can add more customization and configuration:
 
 {% configuration %}
 entity: