diff --git a/source/_integrations/camera.mqtt.markdown b/source/_integrations/camera.mqtt.markdown
index 2a35bedfe07..39fffe93be6 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/camera.mqtt.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/camera.mqtt.markdown
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ enabled_by_default:
   type: boolean
   default: true
 encoding:
-  description: The encoding of the image payloads received. Set to `"b64"` to enable base64 decoding of image payload. If not set, or if set to `null`, the image payload must be raw binary data.
+  description: The encoding of the payloads received. Set to `""` to disable decoding of incoming payload. Use `image_encoding` to enable `Base64` decoding on `topic`.
   required: false
   type: string
-  default: null
+  default: "utf-8"
 entity_category:
   description: The [category](https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/core/entity#generic-properties) of the entity.
   required: false
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ icon:
   description: "[Icon](/docs/configuration/customizing-devices/#icon) for the entity."
   required: false
   type: icon
+image_encoding:
+  description: The encoding of the image payloads received. Set to `"b64"` to enable base64 decoding of image payload. If not set, the image payload must be raw binary data.
+  required: false
+  type: string
+  default: None
 json_attributes_template:
   description: "Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#processing-incoming-data) to extract the JSON dictionary from messages received on the `json_attributes_topic`."
   required: false