diff --git a/source/_components/sensor.vera.markdown b/source/_components/sensor.vera.markdown
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--- a/source/_components/sensor.vera.markdown
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@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ The `vera` platform allows you to get data from your [Vera](http://getvera.com/)
   
 They will be automatically discovered if the vera component is loaded.
 
+Please note that some vera sensors (such as _motion_ and _flood_  sensors) are _armable_ which means that vera will send alerts (email messages ot txts) when they are _armed_ an change state.
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+Home Assistant will display the state of these sensors regardless of the _armed_ state.
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+To allow you to change the _armed state_ - Home Assistant will create a switch as well as a sensor for each _Armable_ sensor. You can hide these switches using customization if you wish.