diff --git a/source/_integrations/sql.markdown b/source/_integrations/sql.markdown
index e9902d41c41..6f39fad3a04 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/sql.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/sql.markdown
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Note that the SQL sensor state corresponds to the last row of the SQL result set
 
 Based on previous example with temperature, the query to get the former state is :
 ```sql
-SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM states WHERE entity_id = 'sensor.temperature_in' ORDER BY state_id DESC LIMIT 2) two_entity  ORDER BY state_id ASC LIMIT 1;
+SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM states WHERE entity_id = 'sensor.temperature_in' ORDER BY state_id DESC LIMIT 2) two_entity ORDER BY state_id ASC LIMIT 1;
 ```
 Thus in yaml
 ```yaml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ sensor:
   - platform: sql
     queries:
       - name: Former_Temperature_In
-        query: "SELECT * FROM (SELECT state FROM states WHERE entity_id = 'sensor.temperature_in' ORDER BY state_id DESC LIMIT 2) two_entity  ORDER BY state_id ASC LIMIT 1;"
+        query: "SELECT * FROM (SELECT state, state_id FROM states WHERE entity_id = 'sensor.temperature_in' ORDER BY state_id DESC LIMIT 2) two_entity ORDER BY state_id ASC LIMIT 1;"
         column: "state"
 ```