diff --git a/source/_integrations/home_connect.markdown b/source/_integrations/home_connect.markdown
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--- a/source/_integrations/home_connect.markdown
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@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ Note that it depends on the appliance and on API permissions which of the featur
 - OAuth Flow: Authorization Code Grant Flow
 - Redirect URI: `https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/oauth`
 
-*Important*: 
+*Important*:
+ - **Power on** all your appliances during the integration configuration process; otherwise appliance programs list will be empty.
+ - To update the appliance programs list, you can reload the Home Connect integration when an appliance is turned on. If the re-initialization process is not triggered by reload, restart the Home Assistant when an appliance is turned on. 
  - After performing the steps above **log out** of your Home Connect Developer account. If you don't do this, the configuration steps below will fail during OAuth authentication with the message `“error”: “unauthorized_client”`.
  - The provided Home Connect User Account email address **must** be all lowercase otherwise it will result in authentication failures.
  - All changes in the developer portal take 15 minutes before the change is implemented.