diff --git a/source/_components/template.markdown b/source/_components/template.markdown
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--- a/source/_components/template.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/template.markdown
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ sensor:
 
 ### Startup
 
-If you are using the state of a platform that takes extra time to load, the Template Sensor may get an `unknown` state during startup. To avoid this (and the resulting error messages in your log file), you can use `is_state()` function in your template. For example, you would replace {% raw %}`{{ is_state('switch.source', 'on') }}`{% endraw %} with this equivalent that returns `true`/`false` and never gives an `unknown` result:
+If you are using the state of a platform that takes extra time to load, the Template Sensor may get an `unknown` state during startup. To avoid this (and the resulting error messages in your log file), you can use `is_state()` function in your template. For example, you would replace {% raw %}`{{ states.cover.source.state == 'open' }}`{% endraw %} with this equivalent that returns `true`/`false` and never gives an `unknown` result:
 
 {% raw %}`{{ is_state('switch.source', 'on') }}`{% endraw %}