diff --git a/source/_components/telegram.markdown b/source/_components/telegram.markdown
index 067534e6dca..6594709dc91 100644
--- a/source/_components/telegram.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/telegram.markdown
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ The requirements are:
 - You need to configure a [Telegram bot in Home Assistant](/components/telegram_bot) and define there your API key and the allowed chat ids to interact with.
 - The `chat_id` of an allowed user.
 
-To retrieve your `chat_id`, contact any of the Telegram bots created for this purpose (@myidbot, @get_id_bot)
-
-The quickest way to retrieve your `chat_id` is visiting [https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates](https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates) or to use `$ curl -X GET https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates`. Replace `YOUR_API_TOKEN` with your actual token.
+The quickest way to retrieve your `chat_id` is visiting [https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates](https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates) or to use `$ curl -X GET https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates` **after** you have sent the bot a message. Replace `YOUR_API_TOKEN` with your actual token.
 
 The result set will include your chat ID as `id` in the `chat` section: