diff --git a/source/_components/light.mqtt.markdown b/source/_components/light.mqtt.markdown
index 2ad7cd6e837..9afd307ea6b 100644
--- a/source/_components/light.mqtt.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/light.mqtt.markdown
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ For a JSON payload with the format `{"state": "on", "brightness": 255, "color":
 ```yaml
 # Example configuration.yaml entry
 light:
-  - platform: mqtt_template
+  - platform: mqtt
     schema: template
     effect_list:
       - rainbow