diff --git a/source/components/switch.hikvision.markdown b/source/components/switch.hikvision.markdown
index 942fea08b96..bf19ab5f7eb 100644
--- a/source/components/switch.hikvision.markdown
+++ b/source/components/switch.hikvision.markdown
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ To use your Hikvision cam in your installation, add the following to your `confi
 # Example configuration.yaml entry
 switch:
     platform: hikvisioncam
+    host: 192.168.1.32
     name: Hikvision Cam 1 Motion Detection
-    host: 192.168.1.26
-    username: YOUR_USERNAME
-    password: YOUR_PASSWORD
+    username: USERNAME
+    password: PASSWORD
 ```
+
+Configuration variables:
+
+- **host** *Required*: The IP address of your Hikvision camera, eg. 192.168.1.32
+- **name** *Optional*: This parameter allows you to override the name of your camera.
+- **username** *Required*: The username for accessing your Hikvision camera.
+- **password** *Required*: The password to access your Hikvision camera.