diff --git a/source/_components/input_text.markdown b/source/_components/input_text.markdown
index 4907e82659a..a35e70bf7d9 100644
--- a/source/_components/input_text.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/input_text.markdown
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ input_text:
         type: integer
         default: 0
       max:
-        description: Maximum length for the text value.
+        description: Maximum length for the text value. 255 is the maximum number of characters allowed in an entity state.
         required: false
         type: integer
         default: 100