diff --git a/source/_components/binary_sensor.pilight.markdown b/source/_components/binary_sensor.pilight.markdown
index b8ac54c1e97..7a5655570b9 100644
--- a/source/_components/binary_sensor.pilight.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/binary_sensor.pilight.markdown
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ name:
 payload_on:
   description: "Variable `on` value. The component will recognize this as logical '1'."
   required: false
-  type: string
+  type: [string, float, integer]
 payload_off:
   description: "Variable `off` value. The component will recognize this as logical '0'."
   required: false
-  type: string
+  type: [string, float, integer]
 disarm_after_trigger:
   description: Configure sensor as trigger type.
   required: false